There Goes A Tenner
Composer(s): Kate Bush
First release by: Kate Bush - 1982



Okay, remember
Okay, remember 
That we have just allowed 
Half an hour 
To get in, do it, and get out 

The sense of adventure 
Is changing to danger
The signal has been given
I go in
The crime begins

My excitement 
Turns into fright

All my words fade 
What am I gonna say? 
Mustn't give the game away 

We're waiting
We're waiting
We're waiting

We got the job sussed
This shop's shut for business 
The lookout has parked the car
But kept the engine running 
Three beeps means trouble's coming

I hope you remember 
To treat the gelignite tenderly for me 
I'm having dreams about things 
Not going right
Let's leave in plenty of time tonight

Both my partners 
Act like actors
You are Bogart
He is George Raft
That leaves Cagney and me.
("What about Edward G.?") 

We're waiting
We're waiting
We're waiting

You blow the safe up
Then all I know is I wake up 
Covered in rubble 
One of the rabble 
Needs mummy
("What's all this then?") 
The government will never find the money
("What's all this then?") 

I've been here all day
A star in strange ways
Apart from a photograph 
They'll get nothing from me
Not until they let me see my solicitor

Ooh, I remember 
That rich, windy weather 
When you would carry me 
Pockets floating 
In the breeze

Ooh, there goes a tenner
Hey, look! There's a fiver
There's a ten-shilling note 
Remember them? 
That's when we used to vote for him