Calling Cards lyrics
by Madness



(Thompson/Foreman)A sorting office in the Old Kent RoadCaters from coast to mostA nice little number if you're out of workAnd aren't the sort to boast,you're in need of a job, bob-a-job, rob-a-jobI'm your man to seeI'll sit I'll listen I'll not say a wordThe less said would be best for weOoh, what a firm of naughty boysOoh, I've been a naughty boyWe don't want to mark each other's cardExcept the one you needI need you and your returns to helpBuild my company.My twins work Brighton on a sunny dayThey cover town with the shake of a handOn a high come back coz of no come backNow they're working in the promised land.Ooh, what a pair of naughty boysOoh, I've been a naughty boy(The Allied Irish Cyprus Bank)(India Bank Bank of Turkey)(United Bank The People's Bank)(To catch the worm you got to be up early)Temporarily out of bounds had to move officeClear out of townFor every problem there's a solution andI can do without constitutionDealing cards from up the Old Kent RoadI've been checked up on my heavy loadYou can go but be back soonI'll have some work for you to groom.Ooh, what a lot of naughty boysOoh, I've been a naughty boy(Trustees Bank, Barclays Bank)(The Natwest Bank, Midland Bank)(Bank Of Scotland, Williams and Glyns)(Bureau de Change, The People's Bank)Ooh, what a lot of naughty boysOoh, what a pair of naughty boysOoh, what a firm of naughty boysOoh, I've been a naughty boy

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