Down in Albion, ah they're black and blue
But we don't talk about that
Are you from 'round here, how do you do?
I'd like to talk about that
Talk over gin in teacups and leaves on the lawn
Violence in bus stops and the pale thin girl with eyes forlorn
Aah, gin in teacups and leaves on the lawn
Violence in dole queues and the pale thin girl behind the checkout
But if you're looking for a cheap talk glint with perspiration
There's a four-mile queue outside the disused power station
Now come away, won't you come away
We'll go to Deptford, Digbeth, Dartford...
Anywhere in Albion
Yellowing classics
And canons at dawn
Reebok classics
And canons at dawn
But if you're looking for a cheap sort that's in false anticipation
It'll be waiting in the photo booth at the railway station
Ah come away, won't you come away
We're going to...
Watford, London Fields, Barnet
Anywhere oh
If you're looking for a cheap sort that's in false anticipation
It'll be waiting in the photo booth at the underground station
Oh come away, won't you come away
We're going to...
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Every sweet little lie ever whispered to you now rings true
No need to wake the sleeping dogs when they'll just turn on you
I'll make my way instead to the foots of your ivory tower
But no love do I find there amongst the leaves and the dying flowers
What became of the lover in you?
Beat the swine black and blue
You and I, me and you
What became of the lover in you?
What became of the lover in you?
The Thames and the Mersey, the Tyne and the Wear and the Clyde
They spew slums like gravy on the banks of the poisonous tyde
They washed up the pale thin girl, alone in her ivory tower
Scratching her skin with the thorns that grow on the stems of the wild flower
What became of the lover in you?
Beat the swine black and blue
You and I, me and you
What became of the lover in you?
What became of the working class?
Nike, Reebok, Adidas, scratch cards, pimples, ecstasy
Hooray fo the 21st Century
Living in a looking glass as the beauty of life goes by
You're going to be so old, you're going to be so old
Your skin's so cold
Hooray for the 21st Century
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