Keep On Clucking - Stackridge

Way down on Sam McGurkey’s spread

Things are happening in his brand new shed

He’s sold his wife and seven kids and bought a thousand chickens instead

The neighbourhood was full of news

About these plasticated turkey blues

That dirty no-good duck stuffing sod-buster knows how to pay up his dues

It’s a narrow-headed feather-bedded supermarket superchicken time

Give a booster to the rooster have a 100% potential diamond mine

But you’ve got to keep on clucking or you’ll end up on the factory line

Can you understand the reason why all our feathered friends should have to die?

We can only wait until it’s too late and judgment passes us by

So don’t forget to spare a dime for your chicken-hearted happytime

And be sure to lend a hand to every man who moves out of line

Six lonely bantams walking on the wall

Along came a farmer and now there’s none at all

One went to Tesco, two went to hell

The rest are pushing daises because they wouldn’t sell

So listen all you L-brained dudes, before you open up your barbecues

Have a show-down at the hoe-down and you ain’t got nothing to lose

And when you become a millionaire with many chicken houses in the air

Down on the ground the wind has changed, a lot of people will care