Did you ever stand and shiver While looking at a freezing river Have you froze to the bone With just a coat to keep you warm To keep you from a howling wind To keep you from a howling wind Have you perished in the drizzling rain Tried to light a lift but all in vain With your sock on your head And that old coat on your back To keep you from the drizzling rain To keep you from the drizzling rain Did you sleep in a graveyard when it snowed? Laid your head on a pillow? With the times on your face And that old coat on your back That kept you from a withering away That kept you from a withering away And did you ride a lift on a steam train Had the misfortune not to pay your fare Thrown off the next stop Thrown in the doorway of a shop With that coat to keep you from the wind That old school coat to keep you from the wind Have you had some good friends on the road with you Who'd stand by you through thick and thin Here's to Kevin and Ben, Susie and Len And that coat which never lets you down It never, never, never lets you down It never, never, never lets you down That old coat which never lets you down That old coat which never lets you down Kept me from the drizzling rain Kept me from the drizzling rain