Kinks, The - Did Ya? Lyrics
Went for a walk down the Old King's Road,
To see if anybody was there.
But there was nobody home at 3 Bywater Street,
And they had sold Cadogan Square.
And I remember myself in my tie dye sweater,
As I knocked on doors,
And walked down one-way streets that led nowhere.
Ah, did ya ever think it wouldn't last forever?
Did ya ever think that it would get this bad?
Did ya ever think that everything would get so crazy?
Now the Chelsea Drug Store needs a fix,
It's in a state of ill repair.
And my Cuban heels are hurting my feet,
La-di-dahs drove Mini cars in the summertime.
(In the summertime)
Now they're towed away for parking on a double yellow line,
And they can't pay the fine.
(Did you ever think)
Did you ever think we'd all believe the hype?
(Did you ever think)
Did you ever think the classes all would revert back to type?
(Did you ever think)
Did you ever think the system ever really got it right?
Oh, baby.
They filled us full of false illusions and promiscuity,
And they led us down that class-less road to mediocrity.
As we walked down that alley way of hope,
We thought we'd found the motherload,
But we were led like lambs to that promise land,
With all the debts that we would owe.
Once trendies posed for tourist pictures in the summertime.
(In the summertime)
Not content with taking Polaroids, they purchased all the property that they could find,
And I've just sold mine. (Did you ever!)
Did ya ever think that this green and plesant land,
(Did ya ever think)
Would end up in the bottom of some garbage can,
(Did ya ever think)
A dustbin full of promises and half-hearted plans.
Oh, baby.
Did ya, did ya, did ya ever think?
Did you ever think?
(In the summertime)
Now miseries and groaners moan and reminisce about the good old times and whine, whine, whine.
(Did ya ever think)
Did ya ever think when things were really fab,
(Did ya ever think)
That we'd be looking through a dustbin for a dog-end to drag,
(Did ya ever think)
And sleep on park benches wrapped in plastic bags.
Oh, baby.
Did ya ever think that it would get this crazy?
(Did ya ever think)
Did ya ever think that it would get this way?
(Did ya ever think)
Did ya ever think that we would pay the price for being lazy?
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Kinks, The Did Ya? Comments
Great song! Why this song never became a hit is above and beyond me.
Kinks fan
The taxman's taken all my dough left me in my stately home...this is a rip off of their own song it seems to me. Not that I don't like it mind you- it's stadium era kinks going back to when they were more artful it seems to me. Never heard this! Thanks!
Found this song along w/ ''Elevator Man'' and other tracks on a bootleg CD in Athens, Ga.
Been looking for this for ages but didn't know the name of the song. Thanks for uploading!
Do you people over there in England now have an illegal immigrant Muslim bum mayor running your country named King Kong? He let a bunch of illegal immigrant Muslim bums come over there, stabbing English people and killing them everyday! And they're trying to throw English people out of your country? There is only like 30% English people left there now! Is that right?
sounds pretty bigoted to me
Piss off, Kenneth Halley....( And don't forget yer MAGA hat. )
Do i hear a QUEEN thing going on here?
very cool, thank you
"Thirty three and a third people, in a 78 rpm world". Can anyone explain?
a record (vinyl) thing metaphor...slow-minded people in a fast-paced world is my take.
Great work there.
Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you ♥ THANK YOU
It's gonna get even crazier.
the BEST EP ever!!
good shit.
Amazing Kinks way to make music!Thanks for posting.
One of the best songs the Kinks recorded. And there are so many!!!
Looks like I'm here again.....
Love this sound!
Listen to greatness...
*replay
i dunno if i liked the vid,kinda put me off the kinks for life,but dont feel bad.
1 personne n'aime pas :/ solitude... :P
he's right when i go to france i want to se french people and italy italians we are giving up our cultures for what a bunch of forengiers who don't even have the decency to learn your language and that we have to cater to.
Brilliant, just love it, I keep discovering these great songs..long live the Kinks!!
Oasis' "Importance Of Being Idle" is quite similar ...
well done!
The thing that amazes me about the Kinks is that they cranked out over 32 years of incredible high-energy heartfelt output. They were fantastic up to the very last day they played in 1996. Their albums in the 1990's (and prior) most definitely did NOT suck - they were fantastic.
to me this is not an obscure track, this is just awesome :)
I really love PHOBIA
DaV Preservation Society I have the tape : D
Very appropriate video. Good job, and superb music!
my uncle worked behind the bar ..and I got thrown out for being to drunk when I went down with my mates back in 1976..I still feel bad about that...
This is a fantastic song way up there with the 6o's classics, mind you RD matures with age & I'm forever rediscovering songs from the 70's, 80's, 90's that I now like and rate as my favourit songs
good post
odd its not on the Kinks box
Wow! Nice work!
I so loved and Enjoyed.......I thank YOU!