Now there's a word
that I don't understand
I hear it every day
from my old man
It may be cockney
rhyming slang
it ain't in
no school book
He says it every
time that he gets mad
a regular caution
is my old dad
Rub the old man
up the wrong way
bet your life
you'll hear him say
Gertcha when the kids
are swinging on the gate
gertcha when the paper
boy's half an hour late
Gertcha when the pigeons
are pecking at his seeds
gertcha when the Barbour
starts diggin up his wig
Barstool preaching
that's the
old mans game
Now the old man
was a desert rat
kaki shorts and a kaki hat
and me mother
could've fancied that
I just don't know
But when the enemy
came in sight
they gave up
without a fight
Cos they rubbed him
up the wrong way
this is what
they heard him say
Gertcha when me rock
and roll records wake him up
gertcha when the poles
knocked England out the cup
Gertcha when the kids
are bangin on his door
gertcha when the farmer
won't sell him any more
Barstool preaching
he's always
been the same
Gertcha when the dog's
left a message on the step
gertcha Mr Piggott
when he lost it by a neck
Gertcha when me brother kicks
the toes out of his shoes
gertcha when the house flies
are flying round his food
Barstool preaching
he's always
been the same
Gertcha
Gertcha
Gertcha
Gertcha
Gertcha when me mother says
he can't go down the pub
gertcha sister's boyfriend
put his sister up the club
Gertcha at the tomcats
when they are kickin up a din
gertcha Tottenham Hotspur
couldn't get one in
Gertcha when me brother
locks him out the flat
gertcha when it's rainin
and he can't find his hat
Gertcha in the mornings
when his motor car won't go
gertcha the next door
neighbour when he won't
give him a tow
Gertcha
Gertcha
Gertcha
Gertcha