Council Skank

Council Skank [Intro spoken] (Oi! Who nicked the last teabag?) [Verse 1] Curtains closed with a chip shop smell Upstairs shoutin’ and a dog as well Telly’s flickerin’ on page three Still we bounce on lino, semi-free [Chorus] Council skank on a weekday night One bulb swingin’, but the mood feels right Toast for dinner, jam if you're flash Stomp it out in secondhand slacks [Verse 2] Bin bags stacked where the front gate was Bit of mould where the bathroom does Pipes rattle like a distant train So we dance like we forgot the pain [Chorus] Council skank when the world says no Boil the kettle, put on a show Nothing’s fixed but the rhythm lands Smack in time with these leaky hands [Middle Eight] Two-bar heater, radio fuzz Neighbours bang when we wake the buzz Don’t need much, just brass and noise And a flat full of broke-down rude boys [Chorus] Council skank on a fiver’s grace The rent’s not paid but we’ve nicked some bass We ain’t posh and we ain’t polite But we’ll skank this flat into the night [Outro] (Someone call the council—tell ‘em we’re busy.)