| Song | The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death - Nottingham Concert 30/09/87 |
| Artist | The Housemartins |
| Album | The Housemartins - Live At The BBC (BBC Version) |
| 作词 : Cullimore, Heaton | |
| They smiled so much and waved their flags | |
| As she saluted to the military band | |
| Most of the people failed to see | |
| She had a broken bottle in the other hand | |
| And she took them by surprise | |
| When she took them by the throat | |
| And said "My friend you're not allowed to vote" | |
| But they shook it all off | |
| With a nervous laugh and cough | |
| "Next time," she said "I'll let those people choke" | |
| The people who grinned themselves to death | |
| Smiled so much they failed to take a breath | |
| And even when their kids were starving | |
| They all thought the queen was charming | |
| She polished all upon the wall | |
| And ran her hands right through her hair | |
| So if the lady took the time to call | |
| All the houses on the street would not compare | |
| And she thought it really funny | |
| That she hadn't any money | |
| But those she looked up to, they had | |
| But they shook it all off | |
| With a nervous laugh and cough | |
| And when they took her riches it was sad | |
| The people who grinned themselves to death | |
| Smiled so much they failed to take a breath | |
| And even when their kids were starving | |
| They all thought the queen was charming |
| zuò cí : Cullimore, Heaton | |
| They smiled so much and waved their flags | |
| As she saluted to the military band | |
| Most of the people failed to see | |
| She had a broken bottle in the other hand | |
| And she took them by surprise | |
| When she took them by the throat | |
| And said " My friend you' re not allowed to vote" | |
| But they shook it all off | |
| With a nervous laugh and cough | |
| " Next time," she said " I' ll let those people choke" | |
| The people who grinned themselves to death | |
| Smiled so much they failed to take a breath | |
| And even when their kids were starving | |
| They all thought the queen was charming | |
| She polished all upon the wall | |
| And ran her hands right through her hair | |
| So if the lady took the time to call | |
| All the houses on the street would not compare | |
| And she thought it really funny | |
| That she hadn' t any money | |
| But those she looked up to, they had | |
| But they shook it all off | |
| With a nervous laugh and cough | |
| And when they took her riches it was sad | |
| The people who grinned themselves to death | |
| Smiled so much they failed to take a breath | |
| And even when their kids were starving | |
| They all thought the queen was charming |