Hello, Hello. My names Terry and I'm a law abider
There's nothing I like more than getting fired up on beer
And when the weekends here I to exercise my right to get paralytic and fight
Good bloke fairly
But I get well leery when geezers look at me funny
Bounce 'em round like bunnies
I'm likely to cause mischief
Good clean grief you must believe and I ain't no thief.
Law abiding and all, all legal.
And who cares about my liver when it feels good
What you need is some real manhood.
Rasher Rasher Barney and Kasha putting peoples backs up.
Public disorder, I'll give you public disorder.
I down eight pints and run all over the place
Spit in the face of an officer
See if that bothers you cause I never broke a law in my life
Someday I'm gonna settle down with a wife
Come on lads lets have another fight

Eh hello. My names Tim and I'm a criminal,
In the eyes of society I need to be in jail
For the choice of herbs I inhale.
This ain't no wholesale operation
Just a few eighths and some Playstations my's vocation
I pose a threat to the nation
And down the station the police hold no patients
Let's talk space and time
I like to get deep sometimes and think about Einstein
And Carl Young And old Kung Fu movies I like to see
Pass the hydrator please
Yeah I'm floating on thin air.
Going to Amsterdam in the New Year - top gear there
'Cause I taker pride in my hobby
Home made bongs using my engineering degree
Dear Leaders, please legalize weed for these reasons.

Like I was saying to him.
I told him: "Top with me and you won't leave."
So I smacked him in the head and downed another Carling
Bada Bada Bing for the lad's night.
Mad fight, his face's a sad sight.
Vodka and Snake Bite.
Going on like a right geez, he's a twat,
Shouldn't have looked at me like that.
Anyway I'm an upstanding citizen
If a war came along I'd be on the front line with em.
Can't stand crime either them hooligans on heroin.
Drugs and criminals those thugs on the penny colored will be the downfall of society
I've got all the anger pent up inside of me.

You know I don't see why I should be the criminal
How can something with no recorded fatalities be illegal
And how many deaths are there per year from alcohol
I just completed Gran Tourismo on the hardest setting
We pose no threat on my settee
Ooh the pizza's here will someone let him in please
"We didn't order chicken, Not a problem we'll pick it out
I doubt they meant to mess us about
After all we're all adults not louts."
As I was saying, we're friendly peaceful people
We're not the ones out there causing trouble.
We just sit in this hazy bubble with our quarters
Discussing how beautiful Gail Porter is.
MTV, BBC Two, Channel Four is on until six in the morning.
Then at six in the morning the sun dawns and it's my bedtime.

Causing trouble, your stinking rabble
Boys saying I'm the lad who's spoiling it
You're on drugs it really bugs me when people try and tell me I'm a thug
Just for getting drunk
I like getting drunk
'Cause I'm an upstanding citizen
If a war came along I'd be on the front line with 'em.

Now Terry you're repeating yourself
But that's okay drunk people can't help that.
A chemical reaction inside your brain causes you to forget what you're saying.

What. I know exactly what I'm saying
I'm perfectly sane
You stinking student lameo
Go get a job and stop robbing us of our taxes.

Err, well actually according to research
Government funding for further education pales in insignificance
When compared to how much they spend on repairing
Leery drunk people at the weekend
In casualty wards all over the land.

Why you cheeky little swine come here
I'm gonna batter you. Come here.



Lyrics submitted by Elin

Track duration: 03:29

"The Irony of It All" as written by Michael Geoffrey Skinner

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    General Comment:"Causin' trouble?! Your stinkin' rubble, 'POISED', sayin i'm the lad who's spoilin' it
    You're on drugs!"

    Sounds right and seems, to me, to be more befitting for the character he is portraying
    Flag stevenagedanceon February 23, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Mike is a stoner. He makes stoner music. We love stoner music.
    Flag PhishieDon January 09, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Crap... why no edit post button?
    Flag bangbangyouredeadon May 17, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I disagree that weed has little to no bad effects on health and behaviour... it has partially destroyed my social skills and makes lots of people upsettingly apathetic. I think it's titled The Irony of it All because both of his characters are making points which Mike knows are fundamentally flawed, but they're presented by the characters who believe them to be true. Hence Mike's delivery being ironic as he knows the opposite to be true. ItI disagree that weed has little to no bad effects on health and behaviour... it has partially destroyed my social skills and makes lots of people upsettingly apathetic. I think it's titled The Irony of it All (emphasis on ALL, the whole song) because both of his characters are making points which Mike knows are fundamentally flawed, but they're presented by the characters as being believed to be true. Hence Mike's delivery being ironic as he knows the opposite to be true.
    Flag bangbangyouredeadon May 05, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I first heard of the Streets a few months ago bc my friend from france is a fan. i live in the states and feel I've been deprived of meaningful lyrics(for the most part)

    I love this song

    I think ur meant to like Tim more-hence the voice and valid points

    I believe its titled theIrony of it All bc the laws are al rather ironic. Alchol has bad effects to health, behavior and wrecks while the other has little to none. Bravo.
    \m/
    Flag Seadgeon January 29, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Brilliant song, a balanced stab at smoking and drinking...Skinner's case against being stoned is far more subtle, as are the drug's effects. 'Criminal' Tim's somewhat pathetic but enviably relaxed lifestyle is just as unproductive as Terry's, but he goes about it in a manner so much more admirable that I think nearly all listeners will take his side.
    Flag bangbangyouredeadon December 24, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I always understood russia russia burnin ketchup instead of rasha.. ^^
    Flag Ïndiekïndieon January 22, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:alcohol vs. weed
    Flag Indrionason January 01, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:In the rasha rasha part, Terry sounds like Alex from a Clockwork Orange... drunk and disorderly and ultraviolent?
    Flag acidballroomon December 16, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Hahaha :) We all know what this 1 means.
    Flag C-chillasweaton September 29, 2007   Link

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