Lyrics

[MRS JOHNSTONE] Oh, bright new day! We're movin' away [MICKEY] Why, mam? [MRS JOHNSTONE] We're startin' all over again Oh, bright new day We're goin' away Where nobody's heard of our name [SAMMY] Movin' away? From 'ere? [MRS JOHNSTONE] Where we can begin again Feel we can win and then Live just like living should be Got a new situation A new destination And no reputation is followin' me! [spoken] [MICKEY] 'Ey Linda, we're movin'! [LINDA] So are we! [spoken] [MRS JOHNSTONE] We're getting out We're moving house We're startin' all over again [CHILDREN] Yabba dabba doo! [MRS JOHNSTONE] We're leaving this mess For our new address 65 Skelmersdale Lane [spoken] [SAMMY] Is that in the country, mother? [DONNA MARIE] What's it like there? [sung] [MRS JOHNSTONE] The air is so pure You get drunk just by breathing The washing stays clean on the line There's room for the kids 'Cause the garden's that big Would take you a week just to reach the far side [spoken] Come on Sammy, Mickey, you've all gorra help Would you excuse us, please, we've gorra pack We're movin' Ta-ra! [sung] [MALE NEIGHBOUR] [???] [MALE NEIGHBOUR] Oh, isn't it sad? [MALE NEIGHBOURS] Praise the Lord he has delivered us at last! [MALE NEIGHBOUR] We mustn't scoff [MALE NEIGHBOUR] The Johnstones are off [MALE NEIGHBOURS] Clap your hands Grab your whistle Give it a blast! [MALE NEIGHBOUR] Goodbye to the riff-raff The trash and the trouble [MALE NEIGHBOUR] Goodbye to the scum and the scruff [MALE NEIGHBOUR] Wherever you're going We hope you go knowing [MALE NEIGHBOURS] That as far as you're going won't be far enough Good riddance! [MRS JOHNSTONE] Just pack up the bags We're leaving the rags The wobbly wardrobe Chest of drawers that never closed [DONNA MARRIE] Mam! [MRS JOHNSTONE] The two-legged chair The carpet so bare You wouldn't see it if wasn't for the 'oles [spoken] Sammy, stop it [sung] Now that we're movin' Now that we're improvin' Let's just wash our hands of this lot It's no longer fittin' for me to be sittin' On a sofa I know for a fact was knocked off [spoken] [SAMMY] Knocked off? [sung] [MRS JOHNSTONE] We might get a car Be all la-dee-dah [SAMMY and MICKEY] Beep beep! [MRS JOHNSTONE] And go driving out to the sands [DONNA MARIE] We're comin' too! [MRS JOHNSTONE] And at the weekend A gentleman friend Might take me dancin' to the local bands We'll have a front room And then if it should happen His Holiness flies in from Rome He can sit here with me Eating toast, drinking tea In the sort of surroundings that remind him of home [spoken] [MICKEY] Oh, it's like the country, isn't it, mam? [MRS JOHNSTONE] We'll be alright here, son. Away from the muck and the dirt and the bloody trouble. Oh, I feel like I could dance - come 'ere! [MICKEY] Get off! [sung] [MRS JOHNSTONE] Oh, bright new day We're movin' away We're startin' all over again [COMPANY] Oh, bright new day Ooooooo [COMPANY] All over again! [MRS JOHNSTONE] Oh, bright new day We're goin' away Where nobody's heard of our name [COMPANY] Oh, bright new day Ooooooo [spoken] [SAMMY] Come on, gang, let's go play in that field! [MRS JOHNSTONE] Mickey, what're you laughin' at? [MICKEY] I'm not laughin', mam, I'm smilin'. I haven't seen you happy like this for ages! [MRS JOHNSTONE] Yeah, well, I am happy now, son. Oh Jesus, where are the others? [MICKEY] They went into that field over there, mam. [MRS JOHNSTONE] Sammy. Sammy, get off that bleedin' cow before I kill ya! Sammy, Sammy, that cow's a bull! [sung] Now we can begin again Feel we can win and then Live just like living should be We got a new situation A new destination No reputation is followin' me! [MRS JOHNSTONE and COMPANY] We're gettin' out We're movin' house We're goin' away Gettin' out today (Gettin' out today) We're movin', movin' movin', movin' Movin' house We're goin' away Oh, bright new day!