Hey you, Whitehouse,Ha ha charade you are.

[Swede]

Big man, pig man, ha ha charade you are.
You well heeled big wheel, ha ha charade you are.
And when your hand is on your heart,
You're nearly a good laugh,
Almost a joker,
With your head down in the pig bin,
Saying "Keep on digging."
Pig stain on your fat chin.
What do you hope to find.
When you're down in the pig mine.
You're nearly a laugh,
You're nearly a laugh
But you're really a cry.

Bus stop rat bag, ha ha charade you are.
You fucked up old hag, ha ha charade you are.
You radiate cold shafts of broken glass.
You're nearly a good laugh,
Almost worth a quick grin.
You like the feel of steel,
You're hot stuff with a hatpin,
And good fun with a hand gun.
You're nearly a laugh,
You're nearly a laugh
But you're really a cry.

Hey you, Whitehouse,
Ha ha charade you are.
You house proud town mouse,
Ha ha charade you are
You're trying to keep our feelings off the street.
You're nearly a real treat,
All tight lips and cold feet
And do you feel abused?
.....! .....! .....! .....!
You gotta stem the evil tide,
And keep it all on the inside.
Mary you're nearly a treat,
Mary you're nearly a treat
But you're really a cry.

[vickitulsa]

1. Ooh, Swede, I LOVE that!

Reads like stream-of-consciousness songwriting, and packs a wollop ... VERY GOOD!!

:applause:

ENCORE! Sing it, shout it, loud and proud, brutha! :D

:applause:

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. Harmlessly passing your time in the grassland away

Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air

You'd better watch out!
There may be dogs about!
I've looked over Jordan and I have seen
Things are not what they seem

What do you get for pretending the danger's not real?
Meek and obedient, you follow the leader down well-trodden corridors
into the valley of steel

What a surprise!
A look of terminal shock in your eyes
Now things are really what they seem
No, this is no bad dream

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want
He makes me down to lie
Through pastures green He leadeth me the silent waters by
With bright knives He releaseth my soul
He maketh me to hang on hooks in high places
He converteth me to lamb cutlets
For lo, He hath great power and great hunger
When cometh the day we lowly ones,
through quiet reflection and great dedication master the art of karate,
lo, we shall rise up
and then we'll make the bugger's eyes water

Bleating and babbling, we fell on his neck with a scream
Wave upon wave of demented avengers march cheerfully out of obscurity
into a dream

Have you heard the news?
The dogs are dead!
You'd better stay home and do as you're told
Get out of the road if you want to grow old

[Swede]

3. Man this was a great album.

Timeless lyrics.

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. Yup

Seriously overlooked, IMO.

[av8rdave]

4. Was just playing that on my ipod on the flight home from work yesterday

[kay1864]

5. Little background in case anyone hasn't heard of her...

Mary Whitehouse CBE (13 June 1910 – 23 November 2001) was a British campaigner for the values of morality and decency in which she believed, particularly in broadcast media, that were derived from her Christian religious beliefs. She was founder and first president of the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association.

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She became a target for mockery and caricature. One publisher of pornographic magazines named a magazine Whitehouse, in an apparent attempt to annoy her. British "noise" band Whitehouse also named themselves after her, in mocking tribute. She is the inspiration of Deep Purple's 1973 song Mary Long and the Sensational Alex Harvey Band's Mrs Blackhouse, in which the eponymous Blackhouse is depicted as a demonic, unholy creature. The British punk band The Adicts wrote a song called Mary Whitehouse, which includes the line "She don't like pornography when it's on the BBC" among others. She's also mentioned by name in the song Pigs (Three Different Ones) on the 1977 Pink Floyd album Animals, described as an uptight "house-proud town mouse" who is "trying to keep our feelings off the street" and mocked with the recurring phrase "ha-ha, charade you are". There was also a BBC TV and Radio comedy series called The Mary Whitehouse Experience. She tried unsuccessfully to get her name removed from the title.