City Hobgoblins Lyrics - Fall

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 

Ubu le Roi is a home hobgoblin 

And at nights all ready 

Our city hobgoblins 

Infest my home at night 

They are not alright 

Ten times my age 

One-tenth my height 

Our city hobgoblins 

Buzz of the all-night mill 

Ah but evil 

Emigres from old green glades 

Pretentious eh? 

Our city hobgoblins 

They'll get yer 

So Queen Victoria 

Is a large black slug in Piccadilly, Manchester 

Our city hobgoblins 

And they say 

We cannot walk the floor at night in peace 

At night in peace