I’ve seen a alligator with a Stanley knife
He has a wife much younger
Who tried to take her life
They live in a bedsit
In abject misery
He is a hard case
With a violent history

 Next door there was a party
And everyone was there
A street-traders beano
Such a loud affair
They belled a moneylender
The big money hit the floor
Some say that he deserved it
And even upped the score

 There was young Carl
With a monkey on his back
He had a craving daily
He had to have his jack
Sometimes in desperation
He would steal and lie
He would even take the pennies
From a dead mans eyes