[Lyric] Punch And Judy (XTC)

Gather 'round!

Punch and Judy
Did it truly
And were married in a haste
In love, maybe
Using the baby
As a kind of romance paste
She's grown fatter
Her hair cut shorter
Looks much older than nineteen
He's a drinker
Not a thinker
Baby spoiled his could-have-been

This must be make-believe
This must be make-believe
This must be make-believe
Cause who do we know, dear, who acts like that?

Punch and Judy
Punch and Judy
In a semi
On a brand new council plot
Sunday lunchtime
Beer-for-Punch time
While his dinner's far from hot
She grows tired
Cab is hired
She goes round to see her friend
He comes back late
Fool is irate
We will see his temper bend

This must be make-believe
This must be make-believe
This must be make-believe
Cause who do we know, dear, who acts like that?

Punch and Judy
In a quandary
She's walked out, and he is mad
Now he's grown up
Can't smash home up
Retribution must be had
Punch and Judy
Had a baby
Who brought them to married bliss
Mr Punch,,
Has drunken hunch
That he must punish kid for this
This must be make-believe
This must be make-believe
This must be make-believe
Cause who do we know, dear, who acts like that?

Punch and Judy