| Turn left at the lights about 50 yards down
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| There’s a pub in the corner and I’ll meet you inside
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| About quarter to eight and we’ll go into town
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| And find out what everybody’s been saying about us
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| Smalltown walls have eyes and ears
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| Stories fly thick and fast round here
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| Truth and lies are all the same
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| Whatever you do don’t rock the boat
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| You’ve got to play the game, play the game
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| Ch: Is it a crime to want something else?
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| Is it a crime to believe in something different?
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| Is it a crime to want to make things happen?
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| To spit in the faces of the cynical fools
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| The incrowd know that the shell is thin
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| So they all protect the cage they’re in
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| Get drunk and stoned and wrecked again
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| No tears of rage, no cries of pain
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| Nothing ventured, nothing gained
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| In smalltown England
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| Because the world outside the pint in hand
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| Is all so hard to understand
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| And if visions of the world come clear
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| They’re not allowed to interfere
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| Ch: Is it a crime to want something else?. |
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| The smell of hot food from the takeaway curry
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| Diesel fumes from a passing lorry
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| Waiting in the queue in the pouring rain
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| For the chip shop up on Bowling Lane
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| Well, last week we all got really smashed
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| We couldn’t stand up, it was a real laugh
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| And this week’s going to be just the same
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| And the next and the next, again and again
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| They say you’ve got to have fun while you’re young
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| 'Cause they can’t believe there’s anything else except this |
Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Smalltown England (BBC In Concert 5th Nov 1990), artist - New Model Army. Album song BBC In Concert (5th November 1990), in the genre Поп