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Over The Wall We Go
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DAVID BOWIE
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David Bowie
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Miscellaneous
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Over The Wall We Go
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Over the wall we go
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All coppers are nanas
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Over the wall we go
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Leave 'em a note saying 'wish you were here
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I know the best ways to break out of here
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I helped a young laddie called ivan
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I bundled him over the wall last night
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Then he climbed back and he grabbed me tight
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He uttered some words that i can't say to you
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'cause he remembered that he was a screw
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Over the wall we go
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All coppers are nanas
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Over the wall we go
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Leave 'em a note wishing 'happy new year'
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My name is henry though some say i'm thick
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I've spent half me life in and out of nick
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Me mum sends me presents to keep me in style
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Soggy old cakes and hundreds of files
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Now i sussed all them files i'm a clever young man
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Now i'm just stupid with manicured hands
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Over the wall we go
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All coppers are nanas
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Over the wall we go
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Nobody's left and the screw are in tears
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Spoken:
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"double 3, 427 ?" "here, sir."
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"double 3, 428 ?" "here, sir."
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"double 3, 429? double 3, 429 - where is he?"
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"he went out for a cup of tea at the local football match, sir."
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"oh. well he might have invited me..."
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Over the wall we go
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All coppers are nanas
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Over the wall we go
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Nbody's slept and the screws are in tears
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We tried digging tunnels but gave up the ghost just past the kensington yards at the most
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Our limbs was aching, we felt pretty pooped
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Our clothes they was tatty, our arrows did droop.
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We crawled back to safety, our hearts filled with gloom
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'cos we'd dug ourselves through to the smallest room
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Over the wall we go
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All coppers are nanas
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Over the wall we go
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Note wishing 'happy new year'
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Spoken:
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[sfx: knock knock knock]
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"hello, who is it?"
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"double 3, 429, guv"
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"oh, hang on a minute...
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[sfx: doors opening]
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Hello sonny jim
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Been wondering where you were
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Did you have a nice christmas?"
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