City Hobgoblins

Spiders know these things, gremlins know these things

Tap, tap, tap, tap
You think it's the pipes
But who turns on the lights?
Our city hobgoblins
Our city hobgoblins

Ubu le Roi is a home hobgoblin
And at nights all ready
Our city hobgoblins
Our city hobgoblins

Infest my home at night
They are not alright
Ten times my age
One-tenth my height
Our city hobgoblins
Our city hobgoblins

Buzz of the all-night mill
Ah but evil
Emigrés from old green glades
Pretentious eh?
Our city hobgoblins
Our city hobgoblins

They'll get yer
So Queen Victoria
Is a large black slug in Piccadilly, Manchester
Our city hobgoblins

And they sing
We cannot walk the floor at night in peace
At night in peace
At night in peace

At night in peace
At night in peace
At night in peace
At night in peace
At night in peace
At night in peace
At night in peace
At night in peace