Here Come The People In Grey

Here Come the People in Grey - The Kinks

I got a letter this morning with some serious news

That's gone and ruined my day

The borough surveyor's used compulsory purchase

To acquire my domain

They're gonna pull up the floors

They're gonna knock down the walls

They're gonna dig up the drains

Here come the people in grey

They're gonna take me away to Lord knows only where

But I'm so unprepared

I got no time to pack and I got nothing to wear

Here come the people in grey

To take me away

Me and my baby gonna get on a train

That's gonna take us away

We're gonna live in a tent

We're gonna pay no more rent

We're gonna pay no more rates

We're gonna live in a field

We're gonna buy me gun to keep the policemen away

I'm gonna pass me a brand new resolution

I'm gonna fight me a one man revolution someway

Gonna beat those people in grey

But here come the people in grey

To take me away

To take me away

People in grey have gone and taken away

My right to voice my complaint

Her Majesty's Government have sent me a form

I must complete it today

But it's making me blue

Don't wanna tell all my secrets to

The people in grey

Gonna pass me a brand new resolution

Gonna fight me a one man revolution someway

Gonna start my rebellion today

But here come the people in grey

To take me away

Oh Lord those people in grey

I gotta get back at those people in grey

Here come the people in grey

To take me away