[Intro: drums and both guitars at full tilt] Copper by the fountain said, girls, move along So we did it, mate, we did it all day long [Verse 1] Saturday at the precinct by the fountain and the bins Four of us on the bench with our boots and our grins Not a can, not a smoke, not a word out of line Sitting on a bench that the council said was fine Copper with a notebook and a face like a ham Says, no loitering, ladies, so move along and scram Fair enough, officer, rules are rules Up we got, all four of us, the good little fools Copper wrote it in his book, said, I'll be watching you I said, lovely, so will we, it's a free country, too [Chorus] Move along, move along You said move, so we're moving on Round the fountain, round the shops Move along, and we never stop [Verse 2] So we got up off the bench and we started on a loop Past the chemist, past the bakers, past the man with soup Copper says, that's loitering, I said, mate, I'm on your beat Can't loiter if I'm walking, have a look down at my feet Lap two, Mrs. Patel with her trolley joins the line Lap three, the lads from the chippy and a bloke with a sign Lap four, a mum with a pram, and the baby's having fun Lap six, a bloke from the bank in a suit, and he can run Lap eight, the over-sixties with their walking sticks in tow Lap ten, two hundred people, and he don't know where to go [Chorus] Move along, move along You said move, so we're moving on Round the fountain, round the shops Move along, and we never stop [Verse 3] Half past four, and the shutters on the bakers can't come up Two hundred people moving, can't get in to buy a cup Sergeant in a panda car, he's shouting through a horn Says, stand still, the lot of you, and all of us said, no Can't stand still, sergeant, that's loitering, you see Your mate said move along, and we're as legal as can be Mum with a pram doing laps at a jog Copper on the bench like a sad wet dog [Bridge: just the bass and the drums] Rules are rules, and we followed every one Moved along all day, and we never had to run Sit down, he said, by the end, sit down, please So we sat on the bench, and he sat next to me [Final Chorus: snare roll for a full bar, then the whole band lands] Move along, move along We moved along, and we never left Round the fountain, round the shops Move along, and we never stop [Outro: guitars ring, one last crash] Monday on the bench by the fountain and the bins Copper walking past us, and he can't help but grin [End]
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