1. Clichés again

In a quiet country lane
Another paragraph starts again
And the leaves they are rustling
And the people are bustling
’Cos its clichés again my dear
Clichés again for us

In a tense family scene
Everyone says just what they mean
With their consciences wrestling
Finding arms to be nestling
And its clichés again my dear
Clichés again for us

Can we take them, remake them
Forgive and forsake them?
Shake them?
But its clichés again my dear
Clichés again for us

We see a policeman’s happy lot
Made clear by a twist in the plot
For our affections they’re tussling
Quick minded and muscling
And its clichés again my dear
Clichés again for us

Can we end them, transcend them
Suppress and suspend them?
Amend them?
Clichés again my dear
Clichés again for us

Hear the audience laugh again
The hilarious cackling hens
Watching Punch and his Judy play
Oh the things that these people say
And its clichés again my dear
Clichés again for us