Petty (Thief) Lout - The Fall

Up the drain pipe

Rapid he did sprout

(Grey templates on us) he had to inflict

TV documentary that it produced

When he whistled in the street

The men would turn around in fear

Of being thought effete

Petty thief lout

Up the drain pipe

Rapid he did sprout

Crime

Hides records in his drawer at home

Especially when they are rare

Never gives 'em out to every Tom Dick & Harry

Who stole before from petty thief lout

Un the drain pipe

Rapid he did sprout

(Grey templates on us) he had to inflict

Suburbia holds

More than you care for

One must make sure

When leaving the house

Never to have white powder on the nose about

F-prints on the fingers

Sprout

Great tempus onus

Suburbia holds more than you care for

Petty thief lout