[3] The song's lyrics concern a young man, Jacob, who is employed as a groundsman and who says that he does not want to grow up and do great things, being perfectly happy where he is, pushing a lawn mower.

[4] Most of the vocals were layered with both Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins singing the same lines in order to make the sound stronger.

The song's anti-hero is a misfit, like all the others in the Gabriel-era songbook, a drop-out happy with his lawnmowing life, despite the disapproving whispers of his suburban neighbours.

His rebellion is soundtracked by a nagging, lazy sitar lick, a woozy singalong chorus, and a flute solo that Pan's People doubtless interpreted through the medium of dance when the song appeared on Top Of The Pops after reaching No 21 in the charts.

Gabriel used to tell stories at the beginning of songs, and he told about a guy who sees everyone wasting time on insignificant things, while he entertains himself while mowing the grass.

The song subsequently became a recurring gag during the show following the Middle East Special in which Clarkson inserted a hidden speaker in Hammond's car playing the track on a loop.