(原詩)

It's in the order of their hedgerows
It's in the way
Their curtains open and close
It's in the look
They give you down their nose
All part of decency's jigsaw,
I suppose

Heard the neighbor
Slam his car door
Don't he realize
This is Respectable Street?
What d'you think
He bought that car for?
'Cause he realized
This is Respectable Street

Now they talk about abortions
In cosmopolitan proportions
To their daughters
As they speak of contraception
And immaculate receptions
On their portable
Sony Entertainment Centers

Heard the neighbor
Slam his car door
Don't he realize
This is Respectable Street?
What d'you think
He bought that car for?
'Cause he realized
This is Respectable Street

Now she speaks about diseases
And which sex position
Pleases best her old man
Avon lady fills the creases
When she manages to squeeze
In past the caravans
That never move from their front gardens

Heard the neighbor
Slam his car door
Don't he realize
This is Respectable Street?
What d'you think
He bought that car for?
'Cause he realized
This is Respectable Street

It's in the order of their hedgerows
It's in the way
Their curtains open and close
It's in the look
They give you down their nose
All part of decency's jigsaw,
I suppose

(interlude)

Sunday church and they look fetching
Saturday night, saw him
Retching over our fence
Bang the wall for me to turn down
I can see them with their stern frown
As they dispense the kind of look
That says they're perfect

Heard the neighbor
Slam his car door
Don't he realize
This is Respectable Street?
What d'you think
He bought that car for?
'Cause he realized
This is Respectable Street

He realized this is
Respectable Street
He realized this is
Respectable Street
He realized this is
Respectable Street