LYRICS
THE BEAN FACTORY
I sit all day in a plastic chair
In the middle of conveyor belt 59
At the bean factory
At the bean factory
I scoop up beans and put them in tins
Trying my best not to spill any
At the bean factory
At the bean factory
I pick up the phone and talk to the farmer
And ask him why the delivery’s late
At the bean factory
At the bean factory
I work in beans
I wear black leather and a German hat
PVC stockings and platform shoes
At the bean factory
At the bean factory
I go back home, eat fish and chips
Then I watch Eastenders and Casualty
At the bean factory
At the bean factory
Every now and then, I get an erection
When I see Donna from marketing
At the bean factory
At the bean factory
I work in beans
Beans means money
Beans means sense
Beans means pounds
Beans means pence
Beans means rock
Beans means roll
Beans means me
Not on the dole
Every Friday night I get pissed up
And knock about the park with my mate Dean
At the bean factory
At the bean factory
He's got long hair and a motor bike
And he likes Iron Maiden and Motley Crue
At the bean factory
At the bean factory
He once poured petrol on a cat
Set fire to it and threw it in a pond
He's a right laugh
He's a right laugh
Is my mate Dean
Dean reckons he’s like Eddie Kidd
And he can do stunt jumps over double deckers
I believe him
I believe him
He says his Dad is a secret agent
Who assassinates traitors for the Queen
I believe him
I believe him
Dean reckons he’s mates with James Bond
And the pair of them go on holiday
I believe him
I believe him
Do you believe?
Beans means money
Beans means sense
Beans means dollars
Beans means cents
Beans means wonga
Beans means loot
Beans means me
Not prostitute
Eee, I tell thee -
I left t' house this mornin'
There were like orange smoke comin' out o' t' chimney
And dribblin' down' t' sides o' me house
And I thought "That can't be raight"
So I gorrup on t' roof and had a closer look
An' it turned out it wa'n't smoke at all!
It were just a load of beans
I thought "That's a bit funny"
Burri 'ad to go, cos I were late for work
So I got theer, an oh good God, you should have seen it
It were a raight fuckin' mess
There were beans all o'er t' shop
All o'er t' floor and all o'er t' walls and t' ceilin'
I says "What the bloody 'ell's been goin' on 'ere?
'As tha been faightin' wi' t' bean pump ageean?"
And t' boss says "Oh aye, very funny.
One o' t' bolts has come loose on t' conveyor belt
An' all t' beans 'ave tummelled off.
Hey up -
Can tha go down to t' tool cupboard and gerrus a spanner?
Go on - stop standin' abaht like a great big useless wart
And get gone"
I says "Alraight, alraight, keep your fuckin' 'air on"
So I went down to t' tool cupboard
O'er t' other end o' t' fuckin' factory, mind
An' when I got theer, I couldn't get in
Cos it were all covered in beans
So I 'ad to go all t' way back to t' conveyor belt
And break t' news to t' boss
So he says, "Oh, fuckin' ell.
Alraight, well, tha'd better go down to Hickson’s
They'll have a spanner tha can borrer.
Well, go on then!
Stop lookin' at me like a parrot-faced wazzack
And gerroff wi' yer"
So it were onny 8.30 in t' fuckin' mornin'
An' already I were thinkin'
"This is a raight fuckin' day, this.
Already I've 'ad beans comin' out of t' chimney,
Beans all o'er t' floor o' t' factory
And now I've gorra go down to fuckin' Hickson’s.
It's a raight bleedin' palaver."
And then - oh God, you're not gonna believe this
I went down Smawthorne Lane and turned onto Beancroft Road
An' I couldn't fuckin' believe it!
Whole street were full o' beans!
Whole bloody street.
I saw this lass and she were like half 'angin' out o' t' beans
Like they were tryin' to swallow her up or summat
She were a right state
She were just covered in beans
An' 'er 'air were all matted up wi' red sauce
An' I says "Are you alright, love? Do you wanna 'and?"
An' she says "Don't worry about me, love. It's too late for me.
But dunt 'ang about or they'll get yer!
Go on, leggit! Save thisen!"
An' a load o' beans all just rose up into t' sky
Like a macker great big gob
An' lunged raight at me like they were gonna eat me for their teas!
I thought "Fuck me! What am I gonna do?"
So I ran like the bloody clappers.
I were shagged out by t' time I got to t' market
I thought "Chuffin' 'ell, I'm knackered. I'd better 'ave a sit down"
So I wenn into T' Blue Cup -
You know that greasy spoon?
I went in an' sat down
And you know who works theer, dunt yer?
Lee Duckett.
Aye, I know.
Lee Fucking Duckett.
And he says "Alraight owd cock, 'ow's tha doin'?
I a'n't seen thee since t' pit closed"
I says "Hey up, Lee. Fuckin' 'ell, have you seen these beans?"
He says "Aye, it's a right bloody disgrace, i'n't it?
I've telled t' council about it but they waen't fuckin' do owt.
Any road, Does tha want summat to eat?"
And I says, "Aye, I might do!
I a'n't 'ad me brekkie yet, I'm fuckin' starvin'"
He says, "What's tha want?"
I says "Beans. Beans. Beans. Beans. Beans. BEANS!
BEEEEEEEAAAANS!!!"
Chromium Dockyard (2007-13)