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Lyrics for 'Second Hand Car Spiv' by 'Kinks'
Sung By Spiv, Flash & Floosies
Spiv: I Was Born A Slum Gutter Infantile,
Brute-force Educated, Delinquent Juvenile.
I Am A Product Of Mass Produced Factory Fodder,
Streets Full Of Tenement Blocks, Rat Infested Filth And Squalor.
I Left School, Went Straight On The Dole
And Unemployment's No Enjoyment,
Welfare State Owned My Mind And My Body And My Soul.
So I Worked My Way Up To Be A Second-hand Car Spiv,
But Don't Judge Me Harshly Because I'm Just A Slum Kid.
I Built Up My Business With A Quick Wit And Fist,
So Don't Double-cross Me Or My Hoods Will Dissect You
With Their Black Jacks And Shiv.
Slum Kids Never Get A Break, They've Got To Fight Their Way Up.
Wheel And Deal, Beg And Steal,
Sweat Blood To Earn A Buck.
I Didn't Want To Work On The Factory Floor,
I Wasn't Content, I Wanted More
Than To Be A Slave Of A Lathe,
Work All Day And Go Home Bored.
So A Second- Hand Car Spiv Was What I Became.
I Built An Empire Because I Used My Brains.
Chorus: He Was A Second-hand Car Spiv Up From The Slums,
So Don't Judge Him Harshly Because He's Just A Slum Kid.
Then He Moved Into Property, Stocks And Shares,
Spiv: And Into High Finance And You've Got To Agree
That Running A Multi-million Corporation
Sure Beats Selling Cars Second-hand.
Chorus: Once He Sold Old Worn Out Heaps To The Punters On The Street,
Spiv: Now I'm In Control Of The Country As A Whole,
And The World Is At My Feet.
Chorus: The World Is At His Feet.
Spiv: Power, Power, I've Got Power Oozing Out Of Me,
And When You Think Of All The Things I've Done
It Says A Lot For One
Who Worked His Way Up From The Streets.
Yes I'm A Second-hand Car Spiv.
Do A Deal, Buy And Sell,
It's My Trade, I Know It Well.
Make A Sale, Ring The Bell
And Let The Suckers Go To Hell.
Bank The Profits, Count The Change
Another Sucker Comes Your Way.
Life Is A Crooked Game,
And Slum Kids Never Change.
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