Croydon - Captain Sensible

I attended Stanley Tech

In South Norwood Hill

I think it was, oh yeah

Where the bronze bust was nicked

Let me think, it must’ve been in my third year

Lying in wait outside Virgo Fidelis

And the Lady Edridge Grammar School

I worked at the Fairfield Halls

Cleaning toilets, but I understood some day

I’d be back in my own right

Giving concerts in my own peculiar way

But I kept my rabbit back at home

And I cleaned it every other day

(other day, other day, other day)

And now the time has come to say

Farewell Dad with your sardines

And the TV set that I blew

And now the time has come to say

Farewell Mum to your baked beans

And the poppadums I never knew

I’ll be in Los Angeles

Where the famous people never quite get old

Yeah, in Los Angeles

Where they’re all to rich to even feel the cold

But I’ll still be dreaming of you Croydon

Especially in the cold and rain

(cold and rain, cold and rain, cold and rain)

And now the time has come to say

I’ll be leaving Croydon way

To the lovely town I once knew

And now the time has come to say

I’ll be back another day

Saying sod LA, what a day

What a day

What a day

What a day

What a day