Rawlplugs of Yesteryear (Breaking the States)

Let me take you back to 1910

John Joseph’s pondering in his den

He’s got a contract with The British Museum

He’s got a variation on a theme

Rawlplugs of yesteryear

Rawlplugs of yesteryear

Jute fibres soaked in blood and glue

Rawlplugs of yesteryear

Rawlplugs of yesteryear

He did it all for me and you

How to keep the masonry from harm

Make good the job without alarm

Come on John Joseph, hold your nerve!

You’ve got a reputation to preserve

Rawlplugs of yesteryear

Rawlplugs of yesteryear

There’s nothing much more left to say

Rawlplugs of yesteryear

Rawlplugs of yesteryear

Just trying to write a song to break the USA

In the 1960s the jute fibre was replaced by a thermoplastic device

An improvement, doubtless, though nowhere near as romantic

Breakin’ the USA

Breakin’ the USA

You’ve gotta press the flesh and tour the country wide

Breakin’ the USA

Breakin’ the USA

You’ve gotta get those college radio jocks onside

Jocks onside

Rawlplugs of yesteryear

Rawlplugs of yesteryear

From Boston, Mass. to San Francisco Bay

Rawlplugs of yesteryear (whoah-oh)

Rawlplugs of yesteryear

Sing it out across the USA