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We didn't have nowhere to live |
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We didn't have nowhere to go |
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'Til someone said |
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"I know this place off Burditt Road" |
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It was on the fifteenth floor |
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It had a board across the door |
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It took an hour to prise it off |
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And get inside |
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It smelt as if someone had died |
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The living room was full of flies |
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The kitchen sink was blocked |
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The bathroom sink not there at all |
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Ooh, it's a mess alright |
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Yes it's, Mile End |
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And now we're living in the sky |
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I never thought I'd live so high |
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Just like Heaven |
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If it didn't look like Hell |
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The lift is always full of piss |
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The fifth floor landing smells of fish |
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Not just on Friday |
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Every single other day |
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Below the kids come out tonight |
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They kick a ball and have a fight |
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And maybe shoot somebody |
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If they lose at pool |
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Ooh, it's a mess alright |
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Yes it's, Mile End |
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Nobody wants to be your friend |
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'Cause you're not from 'round here, ooh |
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As if that was |
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Something to be proud about |
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The Pearly King of the Isle of Dogs |
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Feels up children in the bogs |
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Down by the playing fields |
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Someone sets a car on fire |
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I guess you have to go right down |
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Before you understand just how |
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How low |
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How low a human being can go |
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Ooh, it's a mess alright |
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Yes it's, Mile End |
