Next-door Neighbour Lyrics - Other People's Lives - Ray Davies

Mr. Jones, my next door neighbour 

I feel I've known you all my life 

I haven't seen you for a while now 

How's the family? How's that beautiful wife? 

I hope your dreams were not forgotten 

And you've become downtrodden 

Get your health together 

Get your wealth together 

Get yourself together 

Jones, you were my next door neighbour 

Mr. Brown, you're so ambitious 

You ran off with an Essex blond 

You've broke the bank to keep two women 

You're over extended, now, it's all gone wrong 

Now, you're right back where you started 

Still, you shouldn't be broken hearted 

Get your mind together 

We can still climb together 

A step at a time together 

Brown, your world was turned upside down 

I know it's not the same 

And everything changes 

But behind front doors people think that they can hide 

We win and lose, we laugh and cry 

Live and learn, at least we try 

Oh, give it a try 

Ba, ba, ba, together 

Ba, ba, ba, together 

And we can go miles together 

All of my next door neighbours 

Get your style together 

Put a smile together 

And we'll go miles together 

All of my next door neighbours 

Mr. Smith, another story 

I wonder what became of him? 

They say he threw the telly through the window 

He went berserk and jacked the whole world in 

They say he may have hit rock bottom 

Still, he went out with a bang and so he is not forgotten 

We had our tiffs together 

Our rows and our rifts together 

But let's learn to forgive together 

Smith, you were my next door neighbour 

Jones, you were my next door neighbour 

Brown, you were my next door neighbour