I said it's pretty cruel for that horse to be running on concrete As i tucked into my plate of meat She said, how does it sound, a fortnight spent up in Crete I said, I don't need to compete with the middleman Oh, it's happened again Me and my big mouth canal side running But what else would you do when we've more than Venice And more parks than Paris I think it's pretty crap that my walkman always repeats The same songs I put into it I like this pretty wrap you got for our anniversary I never forgot at all, it seems that My old man did all his thinking in the war Then he came home and he fought some more Did all his drinking in the war Then he came home and drank some more Canal side running Blood pumping Canal side running I think it's pretty crap that my walkman always repeats Something about horses... yeah, they're on concrete Love canals and tennis, hate the Villa and Venice Oh my hearts the menace, it's pumping Shake the hand of the fella who invented shoelaces I'm post-velcro, you know Been that way since the eighties More parks than Paris, for the frenchmen to play Or touch up on their Spanish, while their wives play away And i've been to these other cities Where the canal system's not as impressive And Cheggers plays pop, till the violence stops And the violence stops, when Cheggers plays pop He pacifies with pop! Until the questions stop Questions like this Why do you target me When we have police with hooves on concrete Why do you target me I'm just canal side running