Discover the story of the song > Hanging Around – Hazel O’Connor

The song describes different people who are just standing around without doing anything. There's a woman trying to impress others by wearing a red dress, but she's silent and doesn't say anything. There are also people on the street, some selling things and others just loitering around. One person even has a monkey on their shoulder, but everyone is just hanging around doing nothing. The chorus mentions someone who is high up in the city and doesn't want to be bothered, so they too are just hanging around.