Bangin’ On the Pipes / Steam Heat

Lyrics

[Part I: Bangin' on the Pipes] When we were kids in Oakland Sitting on our daddy's knees In the summer we would swelter In the winter we would freeze We'd freeze When we'd wake up in the morning We could always see our breath If there hadn't been so many of us We'd have froze to death Then we got our flat on Franklin Street With garbage in the yard And the floor was kind of shaky And the times was kinda hard And I always will remember How we spent our Friday nights Sitting hot on 'round the radiator Banging on the pipes Yеs we always will remembеr How we spent our Friday nights Sitting hot on 'round the radiator Banging on the pipes Now we live in a new house Got a bedroom of my own And an automatic thermostat You'll set and let alone Alone Now there's just one little problem About turning on the gas There's a fifty-five-page waiting list And we're the very last Now there's just one little problem About turning on the gas There's a fifty-five-page waiting list And we're the very last So we gather 'round the fireplace We huddle in a pack When we finally get the front side warm We'd turn and warm the back When we sit around remembering The steam heat that we had That noisy leaky radiator Doesn't seem so bad When we sit around remembering The steam heat that we had That noisy leaky radiator Doesn't seem so bad [Part II: Steam Heat] Yeah I got, steam heat I got, steam heat I got, steam heat But I need your love to keep away the cold I got, steam heat I got, steam heat I got, steam heat But I can't get warm without your hand to hold The radiator's hissin', still I need your kissin' To keep me from freezin' each night I got a hot water bottle, but nothin' I got'll Take the place of you holding me tight I got, steam heat I got, steam heat I got, steam heat But I need your love to keep away the cold They told me to shovel more coal in the boiler They told me to shovel more coal in the boiler They told me to shovel more coal in the boiler But that don't do no good They told me to pour some more oil in the burner They told me to pour some more oil in the burner They told me to pour some more oil in the burner But that don't do no good Coal in the boiler, no good Oil in the burner, no good Well is it coal, no, hot, yes Yes, yes, yes Come on people, get hot They told me to shovel more coal in the boiler (Boink, boink) They told me to shovel more coal in the boiler (Boink, boink) They told me to shovel more coal in the boiler But that don't do no good They told me to pour some more oil in the burner (Boink, boink) They told me to pour some more oil in the burner (Boink, boink) They told me to pour some more oil in the burner But that don't do no good The radiator's hissin', still I need your kissin' To keep me from freezin' each night I got a hot water bottle, but nothin' I got'll Take the place of you holding me tight They told me to shovel more coal in the boiler (I got, steam heat) They told me to shovel more coal in the boiler (I got, steam heat) They told me to shovel more coal in the boiler (I got, steam heat) But that don't do no good They told me to pour some more oil in the burner (I got, steam heat) They told me to pour some more oil in the burner (I got, steam heat) They told me to pour some more oil in the burner (I got, steam heat) But that don't do no good They told me to shovel more coal in the boiler They told me to pour some more oil in the burner When we sit around remembering that heat that we had That noisy leaky radiator doesn't seem so Bad