Standard (EADGBE)
Verse 1
A black cavalcade winds its way through the backstreets,
Flowers piled high on a wooden box.
friends and relations sat in rows in the back seats,
All looking shakey cos it came as a shock.
Chorus
A black cavalcade winds its way through the backstreets,
Some poor soul took his final taxi.
There's only one destination in the final taxi (x2).
Verse 2
Up through the town to the Garden of Rest,
Riding in style in a long wooden box.
No fare on the meter, they'll be paying by cheque,
This is one fare you dont see up on the clock.
Chorus.
Bridge
there's only one destination ooooooooh,
there's only one destination ooooooooh,
there's onyl one destination ooooooooh,
there's only one destination ooooh.
Verse 3
They lowered him down into a hole in the ground,
Threw in the flowers and shovelled earth on top.
The cars pulled away from the Garden of Rest,
For a funeral tea, with twentu five guests.
The cars pulled away for the funeral tea,
Cos some poor sod took his final taxi.
Chorus
x2).
HAHAHAHAHaaaah.