[Jacqui Abbott]
I came in here just to see his guilty face
I'm just checkin'
He's been dead twenty years, but I sort of miss the chase
I'm just checkin'

[Paul Heaton]
I've seen folk just like her pop their noses 'round the door
They're just checkin'
If this is where the husband was between 1 and 4?
They're just checkin'

[Both]
Nothing hits so definite, hits so hard
When he's moved from Old White Hart and he's doing the old graveyard
We're running a check on the love we had taken away
We're running a check that death wasn't fortnight astray
Nothing hits so definite, hits so hard
When he's moved from Old White Hart and he's doing the old graveyard

[Paul Heaton]
I've seen folk just like her

[Jacqui Abbott]
The mask of sobriety for afternoons he'd save
I'm just checkin'
If he could fool me regularly, he'd certainly fool this grave
I'm just checkin'
[Paul Heaton]
I've seen those widows pray for the heart they had taken away
They're just checkin'
They pretend they've just popped by like they popped by yesterday
They're just checkin'

[Both]
Nothing hits so definite, hits so hard
When he's moved from Old White Hart and he's doing the old graveyard
We're running a check on the love we had taken away
We're running a check that death wasn't fortnight astray
Nothing hits so definite, hits so hard
When he's moved from Old White Hart and he's doing the old graveyard

[Jacqui Abbott]
I came 'round here in case he left a slate

[Paul Heaton]
No one settles up around here like the widowed or the late

[Jacqui Abbott]
We've seen folk like you settle bills or family feuds

[Paul Heaton]
But no one's bought a drink for those that death excludes
[Both]
We're just thinkin', we're just checkin'
We're just thinkin', we're just thinkin'
We're just sinkin', we're just sinkin'