Key: A
Introduction:
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He used to travel in bath cubes, until the slump came,
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Faced with re - dundancy, he turned his mind to other things,
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And soon became a household name!
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(Knicker elastic...) ...everybody used it,
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(Knicker elastic...) ...nobody refused it,
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Knicker E - lastic King, the Knicker E - lastic King!
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A self-made man with a business to run,
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And something to sell ...to every - one,
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He grew so rich the Gnomes of Zurich,
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Were green with envy, (Oo---- oo!)
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The darling of 'The Stock Exchange' made 'The New Year's Honours List',
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And won 'The Queen's A - ward to Indus - try'!
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(Knicker elastic...) ...essence of propriety,
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(Knicker elastic...) ...up - holder of society,
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The Knicker E - lastic King! (Oo - la - la!)
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His rubber business kept ex - panding,
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But then di - sa - ster! (Ee, by gum!)
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The price of raw ma - terials, coupled with in - flation,
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Squeezed his global holdings, his liquid assets bottomed out,
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And shrunk his retail outlet ope - ration!
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And that's the story of...
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(...The Knicker E - lastic King), ...and market forces,
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(The Knicker E - lastic King!) horses for courses!
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A self-made man with a business to run,
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And something to sell to every - one,
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The Knicker E - lastic King, (Oo - la - la!)
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