Oh, you're down on your uppers
I said you need new boots
Will you listen to your mother?
Oh, said you're down on your uppers
I remember when I was a boy
I didn't need no fancy toys
I just wanted to explore
Go out into the great outdoors
Over ditches and under trees
Through a million fields of green
Till the evening shadows fall
When I would hear my Mama call
Oh, you're down on your uppers
I said you need new boots
Have you got no others
That you can fit into?
Ah, Derekeen, they're the worst I've seen
Needing more than a bit of a clean
Will you listen to your mother?
Oh, said you're down on your uppers
Now as I walk these city streets
I'm moving to a country beat
Way hells and flashing lights
Mess around day and night
But I know when I'm feeling low
Where my heart it longs to go
To where the evening shadows fall
And I can hear my Mama call
Ah, come in for your supper
'Cos you're down on your uppers