Lyrics Saint Etienne – Milk Bottle Symphony

Tony leaves the depot late
Seventeen years with the Unigate
Drives his float down Goswell Road at twenty-five to eight

Number nine, Mrs. Doris Brown

Just as she pours the tea
She’s whistling randomly
A milk bottle symphony

Milk bottle symphony

Number twelve, there’s Amy Chan
Writing down a line for the candy man
About the time she saw Tom Baker
Drinking down the Hat and Fan

The man next door is Gary Stead
Shuffles downstairs with a heavy head
Scans the paper, takes a pill
And stumbles back to bed

Didn’t get home ’til three
Singing appallingly
A milk bottle symphony

A milk bottle symphony

Emily Roe’s at thirty-one
Twenty minutes left to get her homework done
Leaves her corn flakes on the sofa
Says goodbye to Mum

Jumps on the 43
Humming unconsciously
A milk bottle symphony

Milk bottle symphony