Closedown from CLOSEDOWN by The Speedwell Wonder Annual

Charlie, Kenneth, Hattie and Sid
Were my best friends when I was a kid
An English campsite in the rain
With pintsize Babs baring it all

Like Saturday Morning kids
Swapping all their rubbish
A Bionic Man for a Simon with a fading blue light
I'd say that Simon did alright

Whatever happened to Terry and Bob?
Back in the day I saw them a lot
I heard they fell out – so sad
I guess that means no more Likely Lads?

Or Saturday Morning kids
Swapping channels to Tiswas
Which means: 'Tarrant Is Sitting With Adorable Sally James'
If we ignore her second name

Like Starsky & Hutch and Telly Savalis
I was created in the seventies
Made from all the things I saw
Part of a world that don’t exist no more

So when Saturday comes to pass
How will I know it’s over?
If the closedown man who gave us that fading blue light
Isn’t there to say goodnight

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