Golden Batter Jacket

Verse 1

Washing up the Monday dishes

Dreaming of the Friday prize

Staring at the little fishes

Swimming through my tired eyes

Walking past the red brick houses

Down to where the oil smoke rolls

Tighten up our baggy trousers

Filling up our empty bowls

Chorus

Oh the golden batter jacket

Hiding white pearls from the deep

Wrap it in the daily racket

Keep it fast and keep it cheap

Fish and chips

On our lips

Fish and chips

On our lips

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Verse 2

Vinegar is stinging

Making all the senses wake

Trawler bells are ringing

For a holy cod-piece sake

Paper from the local printer

Telling us the bad news twice

Warding off the winter

Squeeze a little lemon slice

Cheap and cheerful

Dinner for the timid soul

Plenty by the handful

Filling up a paper bowl

Chorus

Oh the golden batter jacket

Hiding white pearls from the deep

Wrap it in the daily racket

Keep it fast and keep it cheap

Fish and chips

On our lips

Fish and chips

On our lips

Post-Chorus

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Bridge

Underneath the news of the town

(Read all about it)

Where the king has lost his crown

(Lost it in the deep)

Give us something we can crunch

(Take a lucky bite)

Better than a Sunday lunch

(Wrapped in history)

Wrapped in history

Wrapped in history

Chorus

Oh the golden batter jacket

Hiding white pearls from the deep

Wrap it in the daily racket

Keep it fast and keep it cheap

Fish and chips

On our lips

Fish and chips

On our lips

Post-Chorus

Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm

Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm