The Knicker Elastic King Lyrics - Singles - The Rutles

He used to travel in bath cubes 

until the slump came 

Faced with redundancy 

he turned his mind to other things 

and soon became a household name 

Knicker Elastic - everybody used it 

Knicker Elastic - nobody refused it 

The Knicker Elastic King 

The Knicker Elastic King 

A self-made man with a business to run 

A something to sell - to everyone 

The Knicker Elastic King 

He grew so rich the Gnomes of Zurich 

were green with envy 

The darling of the Stock Exchange 

made the New Year's Honours List 

and won the Queen's Award to Industry 

Knicker Elastic - essence of propriety 

Knicker Elastic - upholder of society 

The Knicker Elastic King 

Ooh la la... 

His rubber business kept expanding 

but then disaster... 

Ee bah gum! 

The price of raw materials 

coupled with inflation 

squeezed his global holdings 

his liquid assets bottomed out 

and shrunk his retail outlet operation 

..And that's the story of The Knicker Elastic King... 

and market forces 

The Knicker Elastic King... 

'Horses for courses' 

A self-made man with a business to run 

And something to sell - to everyone 

The Knicker Elastic King 

Ooh la la... 

The Knicker Elastic King