I spy with my little eye anything here that I can buy   I see a little thatched cottage looking so neat   With compulsory purchase we can buy it up cheap      Then we'll pull up the floor boards   Knock down the walls   Rock the foundations until the house falls      Like a pack of cards crashing to the ground   Then we'll build a row of identical boxes   And sell them all off at treble the profits, demolition      The deeds are in my pocket   I've got a contract in my hand   An opportunity for luxury living      I'll arrange the mortgage   To be repaid a hundred percent   I can't wait around so make your decision      We'll buy up all the cottages   And every house and every street   Until we've got everything we need      Every town in the vicinity   Every farm and village green   We're gonna buy up everything      Then it's demolition, demolition   Demolition      Two up, two down   It hasn't got a garden but it's got a lovely patio   Stainless steel kitchen sink, gas fired central heating      Specifically designed for modern-day living   Nothing's permanent, nothing lasts   We've sold all the houses so put 'em up fast      We're gonna buy up this town and pull it all down   How I love to hear the demolition sound   Of concrete crashing to the ground, demolition      It's time to make some money   It's time to get rich quick   It's the wonderful world of capitalism      I've got to make a profit   Got to satisfy my greed   It's my faith and my religion      Demolition, demolition   Demolition      And we'll buy up the towns   And we'll knock 'em all down   Build a brand new world of our own   And we'll buy up the towns   And we'll knock 'em all down   Build a brand new world of our own