Big girl in the red dress
She's just trying to impress us
And she's got the barley fever
But she doesn't make a sound
She's just hanging around
She's just hanging around

Down the Court road early
With the Hustlers big and burly
There's a million of 'em selling
And the buyers can be found
They're just hanging around
They're just hanging around

Christ, he told his mother
Christ, he told her not to bother
'Cause he's alright in the city
'Cause he's high above the ground
He's just hanging around (hanging around)
He's just hanging around (hanging around)
He's just hanging around (hanging around)
He's just hanging around (hanging around)

One of 'em comes closer
He's got a monkey on his shoulder
And the monkey's getting grinner
But his eyes are on the ground
He's just hanging around
He's just hanging around

I'm moving in the Coleherne
With the leather all around me
And the sweat is getting steamy
But their eyes are on the ground
They're just hanging around
They're just hanging around

Christ, he told his mother
Christ, he told her not to bother
'Cause he's alright in the city
'Cause he's high above the ground
He's just hanging around (hanging around)
He's just hanging around (hanging around)
He's just hanging around (hanging around)
He's just hanging around (hanging around)

Christ, he told his mother
Christ, he told her not to bother
'Cause he's alright in the city
'Cause he's high above the ground
He's just hanging around (hanging around)
He's just hanging around (hanging around)
He's just hanging around (hanging around)
He's just hanging around (hanging around)
He's just hanging around (hanging around)
He's just hanging around (hanging around)


Lyrics submitted by Boss Man, edited by mwillems

Hanging Around Lyrics as written by David Greenfield Brian John Duffy

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    It's " im moving in the colehern with the leather all around me", the coleherne was a pub,a gay leather bar in earls court

    rtp34on August 30, 2014   Link
  • 0
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    Lyrics are wrong. Should be "Christ he's old as mother, christ he;'s old enough to bother."

    bearhunteron March 23, 2006   Link
  • 0
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    The majority of the Google search disagrees with you bearhunter. The ones written by Boss Man make more sense as well I'm afraid! Every Google hit seems to think that it's Christ has told his mother.

    honestfion August 25, 2006   Link
  • 0
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    The lyrics are right they make sense don't dispute them!

    Misery_Incarnateon November 22, 2006   Link
  • 0
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    its a grate song cant we just leave it at that?

    lambretta006on February 24, 2007   Link
  • 0
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    From one from the time - hanging around, nothing to do except drugs - sniffing glue, poor man's drugs - just love hangin' around

    nagromnaion May 17, 2007   Link
  • 0
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    dunno but 'monkey on his shoulder' got something to do with drugs, didnt know it was about glue though, never had a penchant for glue :/

    TiaMaria1on April 21, 2013   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    one of them comes closer not over, listening to it now

    TiaMaria1on April 21, 2013   Link
  • 0
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    If you listen to any live recording of this song the words are quite clearly Christ he told his mother Christ he told her not to bother

    martiblartfaston June 20, 2017   Link

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