Typically English

On The Air: Another Planet [7” single B-side (Live)] (1980) #
On The Air: Ready For Action Again (2001) 2:54
On The Air: Ready For Action Again (2001) 3:04 #

Lyrics & Music: Simon Townshend

#Recorded at the Music Machine, London 1980

Some pub down Chelsea way
Two snooty tarts sat witty and gay
A queer barman with his long round collar
Straight away he hates you but he just won’t say

Out in the street there’s a brisk young bobby
Trying to pin a ticket on a push-bike
Mrs. Thatcher in the House of Commons
Trying to pin a label on what she don’t like

Typically English
Don’t look down
Cause I ain’t ever gonna look up
Typically English
A scar on my forehead means
I’ve gotta queue for a bus
You’ve got the wrong idea
You’re so typically English

A garden full of Roses oh, so pretty
A Ford Cortina to run around the city
Shopping at Harrod’s makes your life so hard
Poodles in the parlour when he ain’t on guard

Out in the street there’s a tramp in your bin
He ain’t proud and he don’t vote
You teach your kids that he ain’t your kind
Must really get you when he says and I quote

You’re so typically English
Don’t look down
Cause I ain’t ever gonna look up
Typically English
A scar on my forehead means
I’ve gotta queue for a bus
You’ve got the wrong idea
You’re so typically English

Well, out in the street there’s a brisk young bobby
Trying to pin a ticket on a push-bike
Mrs. Thatcher in the House of Commons
Trying to pin a label on what she don’t like

Typically English
Don’t look down
Cause I ain’t ever gonna look up
Typically English
A scar on my forehead means
I’ve gotta queue for a bus
You’ve got the wrong idea
You’re so typically English

Typically English
Typically English
You’re so typically English