[ti:Second Hand Car Spiv] [ar:The Kinks] [al:Preservation Act 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Second Hand Car Spiv - The Kinks [00:07.06]Written by:Raymond Douglas Davies [00:14.12]I was born a slum gutter infantile [00:16.37]Brute force educated delinquent juvenile [00:18.60]I am a product of mass produced factory fodder [00:23.29]Streets full of tenement blocks rat infested filth and squalor [00:25.75]I left school went straight on the dole [00:27.70]And unemployment's no enjoyment [00:28.48]Welfare state owned my mind and my body and my soul [00:32.75]So I worked my way up to be a second hand car spiv [00:39.42]But don't judge me harshly because I'm just a slum kid [00:45.20]I built up my business with a quick wit and fist [00:51.39]So don't double cross me or my hoods will dissect you [00:57.05]With their black jacks and shiv [01:00.48]Slum kids never get a break they've got to fight their way up [01:03.78]Wheel and deal beg and steal [01:05.38]Sweat blood to earn a buck [01:09.80]I didn't want to work on the factory floor [01:11.69]I wasn't content I wanted more [01:12.96]Than to be a slave of a lathe [01:14.75]Work all day and go home bored [01:19.29]So a second hand car spiv was what I became [01:25.73]I built an empire because I used my brains [01:30.16]He was a second hand car spiv up from the slums [01:37.60]So don't judge him harshly because he's just a slum kid [01:46.23]Then he moved into property stocks and shares [01:53.09]And into high finance and you've got to agree [02:01.93]That running a multi million corporation [02:04.97]Sure beats selling cars second hand [02:11.19]Once he sold old worn out heaps to the punters on the street [02:22.41]Now I'm in control of the country as a whole [02:27.16]And the world is at my feet [02:29.96]The world is at his feet [02:32.10]Power power I've got power oozing out of me [02:41.07]And when you think of all the things I've done [02:44.13]It says a lot for one [02:45.83]Who worked his way up from the streets [02:50.19]Yes I'm a second hand car spiv [03:06.53]Do a deal buy and sell [03:08.01]It's my trade I know it well [03:09.68]Make a sale ring the bell [03:11.29]And let the suckers go to hell [03:16.24]Bank the profits count the change [03:17.54]Another sucker comes your way [03:19.15]Life is a crooked game [03:20.81]And slum kids never change