Lyrics:
They changed our local Palais into a bowling alley andThings ain't what they used to be (chorus)There's Teds in drainpipe trousers and Debs in coffee houses andThings ain't what they used to be (chorus)There used to be Trams not very quickGotcha from place to placeBut now there's just jams half a mile thickI'm walkingThey stuck parking meters outside our doors to greet usThings ain't what they used to be (chorus)Corr monkeys flying round the moonWe'll be up there with em soonThings ain't what they used to be (chorus)Once our beer was frothy but now its frothy coffee wellThings ain't what they used to be (chorus)It used to be fun Dad an old Mum paddling down old SouthendBut now it ain't doneNever mind chumParis is now where we spend our outingsGrandma used to try an shock us allDoing a knees up the Parker NollThings ain't what they used to be (chorus)We used to have starsSingers who sungA Dixie melodyThere buying Guitars plinkty plonkBacking their selves with three chords onlyOnes we'd dance from 12 to 3I've got news for Elvis PThings ain't what they used taaThere's a lot we used taaThings ain't what they used taa beeeee