Lyrics:

Oh, bright new day!
We're movin' away

Why, mam?

We're startin' all over again
Oh, bright new day
We're goin' away
Where nobody's heard of our name

Movin' away? From 'ere?

Where we can begin again
Feel we can win and then
Live just like living should be
Got a new situation
A new destination
And no reputation is followin' me!

'Ey Linda, we're movin'!

So are we!

We're getting out
We're moving house
We're startin' all over again

Yabba dabba doo!

We're leaving this mess
For our new address
65 Skelmersdale Lane

Is that in the country, mother?

What's it like there?

The air is so pure
You get drunk just by breathing
The washing stays clean on the line
There's room for the kids
'Cause the garden's that big
Would take you a week just to reach the far side

Come on Sammy, Mickey, you've all gorra help
Would you excuse us, please, we've gorra pack
We're movin'
Ta-ra!



Oh, isn't it sad?

Praise the Lord he has delivered us at last!

We mustn't scoff

The Johnstones are off

Clap your hands
Grab your whistle
Give it a blast!

Goodbye to the riff-raff
The trash and the trouble

Goodbye to the scum and the scruff

Wherever you're going
We hope you go knowing

That as far as you're going won't be far enough
Good riddance!

Just pack up the bags
We're leaving the rags
The wobbly wardrobe
Chest of drawers that never closed

Mam!

The two-legged chair
The carpet so bare
You wouldn't see it if wasn't for the 'oles

Sammy, stop it

Now that we're movin'
Now that we're improvin'
Let's just wash our hands of this lot
It's no longer fittin' for me to be sittin'
On a sofa I know for a fact was knocked off

Knocked off?

We might get a car
Be all la-dee-dah

Beep beep!

And go driving out to the sands

We're comin' too!

And at the weekend
A gentleman friend
Might take me dancin' to the local bands
We'll have a front room
And then if it should happen
His Holiness flies in from Rome
He can sit here with me
Eating toast, drinking tea
In the sort of surroundings that remind him of home

Oh, it's like the country, isn't it, mam?

We'll be alright here, son. Away from the muck and the dirt and the bloody trouble. Oh, I feel like I could dance - come 'ere!

Get off!

Oh, bright new day
We're movin' away
We're startin' all over again
Oh, bright new day
Ooooooo
All over again!
Oh, bright new day
We're goin' away
Where nobody's heard of our name
Oh, bright new day
Ooooooo
Come on, gang, let's go play in that field!

Mickey, what're you laughin' at?

I'm not laughin', mam, I'm smilin'. I haven't seen you happy like this for ages!

Yeah, well, I am happy now, son. Oh Jesus, where are the others?

They went into that field over there, mam.

Sammy. Sammy, get off that bleedin' cow before I kill ya! Sammy, Sammy, that cow's a bull!

Now we can begin again
Feel we can win and then
Live just like living should be
We got a new situation
A new destination
No reputation is followin' me!

We're gettin' out
We're movin' house
We're goin' away
Gettin' out today
(Gettin' out today)
We're movin', movin' movin', movin'
Movin' house
We're goin' away
Oh, bright new day!