Lyrics
I saw the advert on my TV screen
I observed a commercial on my TV screen
Slimline girls and a tea machine
Featuring slender girls and a tea machine
Housewife proud of her shiny floor
A housewife proud of her shiny floor
As if that's what she was living for
Implying she lives solely for a clean floor
The cat who had his teeth pulled out
A reference to a cat without teeth
That's what the public love no doubt
Indicating public fascination with such things
A cuddly gimmick to make you smile
A cute gimmick meant to provoke smiles
That cat won't grin for a very long while
The cat won't be happy for a long time
I saw the advert on my TV screen
Reiteration of seeing an advertisement on TV
Slimline drinks and tetley tea
Promotion of slimline drinks and Tetley tea
Exploit the accent of the flat-cap men
Exploiting the accent of working-class men
Like hell the North will rise again
Suggesting the North's resurgence is unlikely
The comradeship of drinking ale
Drinking ale symbolizing comradeship
The workers' revolution failed
Reflection on the failure of workers' revolution
Too pissed on shit to notice it
Being too intoxicated to notice the failure
Nevermind where it if it fits
Disregard for whether something fits
I saw the advert on my TV screen
Another instance of observing an advertisement
Slimline cars a real mean machine
Featuring slimline cars as a mean machine
It's cheaper than this it's cheaper than that
Highlighting deceptive pricing tactics
It's still ten thousand pounds you twat
Sarcastically commenting on the high cost
Do I get a free tart with every one?
Questioning if a free item comes with the purchase
Can I drive it off into the sun?
Humorous suggestion of driving into the sun
Has it got a big ashtray?
Asking about the car's features, like a big ashtray
I'm hooked on forty fags a day
Expressing a personal habit of smoking
You mustn't smoke, you mustn't drink
Prohibitions on smoking, drinking, and thinking
You mustn't even try to think
Encouragement to remain passive and unthinking
Just stay dead the advert said
Suggesting conformity as the desired state
Eight out of ten people had no brains
Statistics claiming a lack of intelligence in people
Eight out of ten said they enjoyed it
More statistics claiming enjoyment despite lack of brains
The whole damn country died of boredom
Concluding with a statement on the country's boredom
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