Chickentown

Acres of park
Drunk in the dark
This is just fantastic
It's a British institution
What a fabulous place
What a planning revolution
It's a small town
The library is open late
The church has a steeple
Open up your doors
Let's introduce you to the people
There's nothing much to talk about
There's nothing on TV
Civic pride is scary
Civic pride is scaring me
In a small town
The people look surprised
Because the weather's fine again
In a small town
Now the paper says there's far too much going on
So we give the police machine guns
'Cause they say they should be strong
But the police protect the villains
'Cause the villains know the law
I'm gonna hole up in my living room
And lean against the door
In a small town
The chickens and the movies
Keep the buggers on their toes
In a small town
The buses don't run after half past ten
The bars are full of psychopathic German shepherd men
I see budgies in the gutter with a wing or two ripped off
While their owner does a corner supermarket shop
And coughing up the consequences for smoking forty grotty fags a day
Doesn't like 'em, can't afford 'em, but he does it anyway
You live in a development corporation town
Where they don't bang you up
They just sit you down
If the banks don't want you
Then the black bars will
And when it's evening you hope it's gonna be here still
It's a small town
Where everybody's much the same as everybody else
In a small town
You ought to get a drawing
Would be better for your health
In a small town
Empty threaded rods are wrapped up in an angry drum
In a small town
Welcome to the market ground
You have a lovely home
In a small town
Yes, you really have a very, very, very lovely home
In a small town
Well, it's only ten in this world
You have a lovely home
In a small town
Get yourself on a promise
You can have a lovely home
In a small town
Can't put your finger on it
But you've got a lovely home
In a small town
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