Room in the Sky Lyrics

It's nigh on fifty years since i moved into this street
And there's no kind of people you could ever hope to meet
But [I've had a note from council?], a young chap brought it ‘round
He said that very soon they're going to knock our houses down.

But he told me not to worry
They've just the place for me
A brand-new flat not far from here
Just waiting there to see
So I thought I'd take a stroll ‘round there and give the place the eye

But it came as quite a shock to find it fifteen stories high

Oh I don't want to leave me old two-up, two-down
It isn't much to look at but at least it's on the ground
It would surely break my heart for me to say goodbye
When they moved me to that room up in the sky

Well I asked me next-door neighbor why we have got to go
But he was none the wiser, no one seems to know
He said there were a rumour that he heard the other day
Someone said they need the space to build a motorway

So now I'll have to pack me bags
It's going to be a squeeze
The winter-suitcase large enough to hold me memories
And I can't take me old dog Ben ‘cause pets, they aren't allowed
They say it won't be suited to a life amongst the clouds

Oh I don't want to leave me old two-up, two-down
It isn't much to look at but at least it's on the ground
It would surely break my heart for me to say goodbye
When they move me to that room up in the sky

Just the other day I saw me old friend, Mrs. brown
She has a flat, the same as mine
On to the side of town
She said it's nice and cosy but there's one thing, makes her vexed:
She doesn't see a single soul from one day to the next

Well the more I think about it
The more I want to stay
I wish that I could close me eyes and make it go away
The only consolation, I'll say to be quite
I'm sure to get to heaven, ‘cause I'll be off

Oh I don't want to leave me old two-up, two-down
It isn't much to look at but at least it's on the ground
It would surely break my heart for me to say goodbye
When they move me to that room up in the sky

When they move me to that room up in the sky