This house is mine but the men they say it's not You see this house is the only place I've got Running round they work so hard and fast But they don't know my house is built to last
Chorus Here comes a man, in a van He's looking very angry at me
They're knocking nails into walls, hoho, my walls They run and hide as the only ceiling falls Glee for leave they gather in my shed They gone for now so I can ease my head
They're knocking nails into my house They're knocking nails into my house They work so hard, all it's left is my sunroof There goes a wall, oh I think I spoke too soon
They're knocking nails into my house They're knocking nails into my house They're knocking nails into my house Look out!
---- "Knocking Nails into My House" was written by Jeff Lynne and originally performed by the British rock group The Idle Race as a 1968 b-side to the single The Skeleton and the Roundabout. Allmusic.com wrote "Bringing Jeff Lynne's Knocking Nails Into My House, from his Idle Race/Move period, was a very classy idea."