Cracker Night

Teary eyes at the window

Where did Mum and Dad go

I wish someone would hurry up

And come and get me

Gee I'm scared

The cat shot through

She saw the light and fled

Cracker night was a real big deal

When I was a little kid

They started lettin' them off

After tea I ran inside and hid

And all the dogs from everywhere

Were underneath me bed

We all went down in our dressing gowns

To see the big bonfire

Wide eyes watched the straw man burn

On a mile-high pile of tyres

Hot as hell big black smell

And red hot rings of wire

Sky rockets zinging

Catherine wheels spinning

What a flamin' evening

Fire trucks were screaming

Smoky haze hangin' round for days

And Grandma's ears were ringing

Everynight after school draggin' bits of wood

Boxes and branches and rotten old fences

And mattresses were good

We even scrounged a vinyl lounge

And anything we could

Little Guy Fawkes's and letter boxes

Blown all out of shape

Light the wick and back off quick

And make the big escape

Cackin' ourselves and rippin' my shirt

Scrambling through the gate

Sky rockets zinging

Catherine wheels spinning

What a flamin' evening

Fire trucks were screaming

Smoky haze hangin' round for days

And Grandma's ears were ringing

A house burnt down on the edge of town

We all took off with Pa

This thing whizzed across the road

And nearly hit our car

A bang and spark lit up the park

And everyone went

Cracker night was a real big deal

When I was a little kid

It seems like only yesterday

Tucked away in bed

Dreams of schemes and double bunger

Daring things we did