Well, you should see Polythene Pam
She's so good-looking but she looks like a man
Well, you should see her in drag dressed in her polythene bag
Yes, you should see Polythene Pam
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Get a dose of her in jackboots and kilt
She's killer-diller when she's dressed to the hilt
She's the kind of a girl that makes the "News of the World"
Yes, you could say she was attractively built
Yeah, yeah, yeah


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    love the last lines,

    "get a dose of jer in jackboots and kilt she's killer diller when she's dressed to the hilt. she's the kind of a girl that makes the New of the World Yes you could say she was attractively built."

    its amazing that four poor, uneducated kids from liverpool could make so many comments on and subtle references to history and socioeconomics. the "News of the World" is just one in a million.

    rita meteron November 17, 2004   Link

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