It's in the order of their hedgerows 
it's in the way their curtains open and close 
it's in the look they give you down their nose 
all part of decency's jigsaw I suppose 

Heard the neighbour slam his car door 
don't he realise this is respectable street 
What d'you think he bought that car for 
'cos he realise this is respectable street 

Now they talk about abortion 
in cosmopolitan proportions to their daughters 
as they speak of contraception 
And immaculate receptions on their portable 
Sony entertainment centres. 

Now she speaks about diseases 
and which sex position pleases best her old man 
Avon lady fills the creases 
when she manages to squeeze in past the caravans 
that never move from their front gardens. 

It's in the order of their hedgerows 
it's in the way their curtains open and close 
it's in the look they give you down their nose 
all part of decency's jigsaw I suppose 
Sunday church and they look fetching 
Saturday night saw him retching over our fence 
bang the wall for me to turn down 
I can see them with their stern frown 
as they dispense the kind of look that says 
they're perfect.