Lyrics
Heard the neighbor slam his car door
Neighbor slamming car door is noticed
Don't he realize this is respectable street
Questioning neighbor's awareness of living in a respectable street
What d'you think he bought that car for
Wondering about the purpose of the neighbor's car purchase
'Cause he realize this is respectable street
Emphasizing the awareness of living in a respectable street
Now they talk about absorption
Discussion about absorption and cosmopolitan proportions
In cosmopolitan proportions to their daughters
Reference to daughters in the context of cosmopolitanism
As they speak of child prevention
Mentioning discussions on child prevention
And immaculate receptions on their portable
Referring to immaculate receptions on portable entertainment centers
Sony entertainment centers
Specific mention of Sony entertainment centers
Heard the neighbor slam his car door
Repetition of the neighbor slamming car door
Don't he realize this is respectable street
Reiteration of questioning neighbor's awareness
What d'you think he bought that car for
Repeating the query about the neighbor's car purchase
Don't he realize this is respectable street
Emphasizing the lack of neighbor's realization
Now she speaks about diseases
Discussion on diseases and pleasing propositions
And which proposition pleases best her old man
Referring to what pleases the woman's old man
Avon lady fills the creases
Introduction of the Avon lady and filling creases
When she manages to squeeze in past the caravans
Mentioning challenges of squeezing in past caravans
That never move from their front gardens
Caravans that never move from front gardens
Heard the neighbor slam his car door
Repetition of the neighbor slamming car door
Don't he realize this is respectable street
Reiteration of questioning neighbor's awareness
What d'you think he bought that car for
Repeating the query about the neighbor's car purchase
Don't he realize this is respectable street
Emphasizing the lack of neighbor's realization
It's in the order of their hedgerows
Observations about the order of hedgerows
It's in the way their curtains open and close
Noticing the way curtains open and close
It's in the look they give you down their nose
Reflecting on the looks given down their nose
All part of decency's jigsaw I suppose
Suggesting it's part of decency's jigsaw puzzle
Sunday church and they look fetching
Reference to Sunday church attendance and looking fetching
Saturday night saw him stretching over our fence
Describing a Saturday night scene involving stretching over a fence
Bang the wall for me to turn down
Mentioning banging the wall to turn down noise
I can see them with their stern frown
Visualizing neighbors with stern frown
As they dispense the kind of look that says
Dispensing a disapproving look implying perfection
They're perfect
Explicitly stating the neighbors are perfect
Heard my neighbor slam his car door
Repetition of hearing the neighbor slam his car door
Don't he realize this is respectable street
Reiteration of questioning neighbor's awareness
What d'you think he bought that car for
Repeating the query about the neighbor's car purchase
Don't he realize this is respectable street
Emphasizing the lack of neighbor's realization
He realize this is respectable street
Neighbor finally realizing the respectable nature of the street
He realize this is respectable street
Reiteration of the neighbor's realization
He realize this is respectable street
Final repetition of the neighbor's realization
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