The Rutles - 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 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 (ahhh ahhh) 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, Ooo la la His rubber business kept expanding But then disaster (Ee bah gum!) The price of raw materials Coupled with inflation Squeezed his global holdings His liquid a**ets bottomed out And shrunk his retail outlet ... operation And that's the story of 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 Knicker Elastic King Ooo la la The Knicker Elastic King