Mods & Rockers from CLOSEDOWN by The Speedwell Wonder Annual

Standing on the beach at Brighton looking for Jimmy’s scooter
Thinks he might have parked it in the sea
Somewhere over by Dover
I said, 'Ooh Jimmy – an inspiration to us all
It wasn’t even your scooter it was Sting’s'

We are the Mods

Gonna rock it up in Brighton this bank-holiday weekend
Marching up and down the seafront like some military parade
And I said, 'Ooh yeah – I get my picture in the paper
Stroll around, chewing gum, dressed to kill'

Was such a thrill when all the…

Mods and Rockers came to town
Throwing stones and deckchairs around
But all that agro soon would end
When Mods and Rockers became friends

In the Army & Navy surplus stores
We found the coats we’d wear to war
And a union-jack from the kitchen drawer
Sewn on the back was a tea-towel no more

Check me-self out in me mirrors
Check me-self out in me chrome
See a rocker in the reflection it could be time to check out Hove
And I said, 'Ooh yeah – take my jam shoe off the brake
F-f-f-fade away leaving two-stroke in my wake'

So long ago when all the…

Mods and Rockers came to town
Throwing stones and deckchairs around
But all that agro soon would end
When Mods and Rockers became friends
Mods and Rockers disagreed
About which magazines to read
But as years would pass both would share the gloom
In the dentist’s waiting room

In the Army & Navy surplus stores
We found the coats we’d wear to war

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