It's in the order of their hedgerows
  it's in the way their curtains open and close
  it's in the look they give you down their nose
  all part of decency's jigsaw I suppose
    Heard the neighbour slam his car door
  don't he realise this is respectable street
  What d'you think he bought that car for
  'cos he realise this is respectable street
    Now they talk about abortion
  in cosmopolitan proportions to their daughters
  as they speak of contraception
  And immaculate receptions on their portable
  Sony entertainment centres.
    Now she speaks about diseases
  and which sex position pleases best her old man
  Avon lady fills the creases
  when she manages to squeeze in past the caravans
  that never move from their front gardens.
    It's in the order of their hedgerows
  it's in the way their curtains open and close
  it's in the look they give you down their nose
  all part of decency's jigsaw I suppose
  Sunday church and they look fetching
  Saturday night saw him retching over our fence
  bang the wall for me to turn down
  I can see them with their stern frown
  as they dispense the kind of look that says
  they're perfect.