Small pleasures,
small pleasures,
who would deny us these?
A gin, toddies, large measures,
no skimping if you please.
I rub it, I love it,
life is a game of chance.
I never tire of it,
a lead in a merry dance
If you don't mind having
to go without things
It's a fine life, it's a fine life
Though it ain't all jolly
or pleasure outings
It's a fine life, it's a fine life
When you got someone to love
You forget your care and strife
Let the prudes look down on us
Let the wide world frown on us
It's a fine, fine life
Who cares if straight laces
Sneer at us in the street
Fine airs and fine graces
Don't have to sin to eat
We wander through London,
who knows what we may find
There's pockets left undone
on many a blind
If you don't mind taking
it like it turns out,
it's a fine line
It's a fine line
Keep the candle burn until it burns out,
it's a fine line
It's a fine line
Though you sometimes do come by,
the occasional black eye
You can al ways cover one
till he blacks the other one
But you don't dare cry
No flances, no feathers,
no frills and far belows
All winds and all weathers
ain't good for fancy clothes
These trappings, these hatters,
these we can just af ford
What future? What matters?
We got our bed and board
If you don't mind having
to deal with faking,
it's a fine life
It's a fine life
Though diseased rats
threaten to bring the plague in,
it's a fine life
It's a fine life
But the grass is green and dense,
on the right side of the fence
And we take good care of it,
that we get our share of it
And we don't mean pence
If you don't mind having
to like or lump it,
it's a fine line
It's a fine line
And though there's no tea sipping
and eating crumpet
It's a fine line
It's a fine line
Not for me, the happy oe,
happy husband, happy wife
Though it sometimes touches me,
for the likes of such as me
Mine's a fine, holy life