What are the lyrics to Arthur Daley 'e's all right?

Answer 1

ARTHUR DALEY ('E's Alright)

(The Firm 1982)

Chorus:

Alright my son, say no more, Leave it out

No bother, As it 'appens its your shout

Straight up, Pull the other

In a right 2 and 8

'Ang about, What's the damage Chief?

'Ere....Who's your mate?

The geezer with the bunny in the trilby 'at

Reckons he's legit but he ain't all that

Arthur Daley, little dodgy maybe, but underneath,

'E's alright.

Propping up the bar at the Winchester Club

"A V.A.T. on the slate please Dave"

Terry's still looking for a sub.

Arthur's onto a nice little earner

Terry's getting agg and the chance of an hernia

Minding the disco down some boozer

Giving him a slap but he's onto a loser

Pound to a penny that he don't get paid

On account of the recession in the used car motor trade

chorus

Terry's piling up the Zeds

Been up on a job all night

When all of a sudden there's an 'orrible scream

And somebody's switching on the light

It's Arthur, Y-fronts caught in his zip

Brahms & Liszt an' he needs a place to kip

Terry gets the hump with Arthur 'cos he

Won't go home 'cos of 'er Indoors'

"She'd kill me Terry, odds on bet

I ain't got the bottle; Ain't you got that kettle on yet?"

chorus

Checking out his stock in the lock-up

Arthur's 'avin' a fit

'Ere where's them magazines with the 'Erbets in the leather

And the bird with a whip

"Do What?" Says Terry "oo rattled your cage?"

You oughta be ashamed, a man o' your age

"Cheap jibe Terence. Try to understand

Got a punter coming round gonna take em off me hands

Got a part exchange, claret from Japan

A vintage year, and he does 'em in five gallon cans"

Chorus

(Spoken)

So he's got a couple of Nelson Riddles going,

Who ain't ? Don't make you a villain, do it ?

And he sells the odd dodgy motor now and then

Well, it ain't a crime is it ?

Well yeah, it's a crime, yeah, technically

But it's a bit under the arm the way the (inaudible)

Sit on his daily giving him GBH on the ear'ole all the time

I mean, just 'cos he happens to have done a bit of bird for petty when he was a saucepan

He aught to do them for inflammation of character I reckon

You know what Chisholm said ?

He said "I know how Arthur Daley'll die

I said "How's that"

He said "he'll fall off the back of a lorry"

Bit strong, definitely out of order, Know what I mean?

He goes turning his drum over, looking for bent gear

Finding it, yeah, yeah, but it ain't a crime, it well yeah it's a crime....(fades)