The Knicker Elastic King lyrics

He used to travel in bath cubes, until the slump came Faced with redundancy He turned his mind to other things And soon became a household name (Knicker Elastic!) Everybody used it! (Knicker Elastic!) Nobody refused it! (The Knicker Elastic King!) (The Knicker Elastic King!) A self-made man with a business to run And something to sell to everyone (The Knicker Elastic King!) He grew so rich the Gnomes of Zurich Were green with envy The darling of the Stock Exchange Made the New Year's Honours List And won the Queen's Award To Industry (Knicker Elastic!) Essence of propriety! (Knicker Elastic!) Upholder of society! (The Knicker Elastic King!) His rubber business kept expanding But then disaster The price of raw materials Coupled with inflation Squeezed his global holdings His liquid assets bottomed out And shrunk his retail outlet operation And that's the story of the The Knicker Elastic King! (And market forces) The Knicker Elastic King! (Horses for courses) A self-made man with a business to run And something to sell to everyone (The Knicker Elastic King!) (The Knicker Elastic King!)