I was born in the north of england I was raised in a working town I broke all the rules when I went to school But the teacher's couldn't pin me down I tried to make my parents proud By adapting the social powers Oh pigs will fly and the earth will fry When they get me doing honest hours Snookeroo snookeroo daddy's going on the booze Mother used to cut my hair and sister used to make the news Well it was two rooms up and two rooms down We were sentenced by the wrecking crane Oh I was born on the eve of halloween And snookeroo snookeroo snookeroo's my name I need someone to cook for me And turn me lose at night I could spend my life with a factory girl 'Cause a factory girl's my type I hear them gossip on the street Most of what they say is true Oh, don't you know that I hear them say there goes that lazy no good snookeroo Snookeroo snookeroo daddy's going on the booze Mother used to cut my hair and sister used to make the news Well, it was two rooms up And two rooms down We were sentenced by the wrecking crane Oh I was born on the eve of halloween And snookeroo snookeroo Snookeroo's my name Snookeroo snookeroo daddy's going on the booze Mother used to cut my hair and sister used to make the news Well, it was two rooms up And two rooms down We were sentenced by the wrecking crane Well I was born on the eve of halloween And snookeroo snookeroo Snookeroo snookeroo Snookeroo snookeroo Snookeroo's my name yeh