XTC No Thugs in Our House

From their 1982 album English Settlement

Lyrics:

The insect-headed worker-wife will hang her waspies on the line;

The husband burns his paper, sucks his pipe while studying their
cushion-floor;
His viscous poly-paste breath comes out,
Their wall-paper world is shattered by his shout,
A boy in blue is busy banging out a headache on the kitchen
door.

And all the while Graham slept on,
Dreaming of a world where he could do just what he wanted to.

No thugs in our house, are there dear?
We made that clear,
We made little Graham promise us he'd be a good boy.

No thugs in our house, are there dear?
We made that clear,
We made little Graham promise us he'd be a good boy.

The young policeman who just can't grow a moustache will open up
his book,
And spoil their breakfast with reports of Asians who have been
so badly kicked,
Is this your son's wallet I've got here?
He must have dropped it after too much beer.
Oh, officer, we can't believe our little angel is the one you've
picked. and

And all the while Graham slept on,
Dreaming of a world where he could do just what he wanted to.

No thugs in our house, are there dear?
We made that clear,
We made little Graham promise us he'd be a good boy.

No thugs in our house, are there dear?
We made that clear,
We made little Graham promise us he'd be a good boy.

They never read those pamphlets in his bottom drawer,
They never readthat tattoo on his arm.
They thought that was just a boys club badge he wore,
They never thought he'd do folks any harm.

The insect-headed worker wife will hang her waspies on the line;

She's singing something stale and simple now this business has
fizzled out;
Her little tune is such a happy song
Her son is innocent,
He can't do wrong,
'Cos dads a judge and knows exactly what the job of judging's
all about.

And all the while Graham slept on,
Dreaming of a world where he could do just what he wanted to.

No thugs in our house, are there dear?
We made that clear,
We made little Graham promise us he'd be a good boy.

No thugs in our house, are there dear?
We made that clear,
We made little Graham promise us he'd be a good boy.

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• XTC
• No
• Thugs
• in
• Our
• House
• English
• Settlement

[shanatp]

I am not English but I want to say bloody brilliant.

[charataxis0093]

I am also not British, but XTC is bloody brilliant!!!

[65FALCONSG]

Oh officer we can't believe our little angel is the one you picked! Love XTC!

[Winedarkseas]

the finest and most wonderful XTC song of all time. an utter classic.

[65FALCONSG]

Great song as well just keep the religious sentiments out of music. God bless.

[FeatureTheCreature]

English Settlement is such an underrated album. XTC is SUCH an underrated band.

[pranky4]

A great song about a young rascist!!

[aberbeklecker]

never has this songs message seemed more relevant than now, during this weeks utterly insane, childish behavior of the british people as a whole.

this may be the actions of just a few, but quiet tolerance on the part of the many creates a very powerful and dangerous permission. one they must see their obligation to act upon, risk disapproval and dare to CHANGE SOMETHING !!

nothing changes until something changes, & we all must bear that responsibility.

know you know. think about it.

[mongabella]

@pbrick6301 A giant smile for this cause I cannot tell if you are serious or not.Either way,I am beaming,thank you

[torrymarrs]

Sheer brillance from these lads back in 1982. Don't overlook the production value as well as the genius lyrics, LISTEN! The perfect novel with each chapter falling perfectly into place. This should be a Broadway play for sure, it's all here, LISTEN! Fock'n genius I tell ya.....'No Thugs in our House' my ass.....BRILLIANT!

[probrojeffro]

Sad that Youtube wasn't around when these guys came out, then we'd see XTC getting 4 million hits righetously, as appossed to Britney, Lady Ga Ga, and Pink getting all those hits for what some call music. Forever XTC and real talent.