Tired of England

Album: Romance at Short Notice (2008)
Charted: 54
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  • How can they be tired of England?
    They'll never know the England that we know
    Never know where the ones with dreams go, no
    Never notice the skies with their eyes down low

    We'll never be tired of England
    United in rain in the cities
    To channel the pain and the pity's woe
    To carry them back to the place below

    With the blues, the grays
    The green, the brown

    To lonely nights uptown
    Don't let them bring you down
    Lonely nights uptown
    Don't let them bring us down, no

    How can they be tired of London
    The scents in the air on a warm day
    Generation of hope that sees better days
    But moving along in the same old ways

    We'll never be tired of London
    From Clerkenwell into the city
    The state of the rudes is a pity though
    Generations of cramps with their kids in tow

    With the blues, the grays
    The green, the brown

    To lonely nights uptown
    Don't let them bring you down
    Lonely nights uptown
    They'll never bring us down, no

    While the queen of England sits on her throne
    Of bingo cards and chicken bones

    Don't drink yourself to a lonely death
    In casinos on crystal meth
    Don't drink yourself to a lonely death
    In casinos on crystal meth

    So sing your song of the Banbury-Cross
    Don't breathe a word about your loss
    Jack Frost, old Nick to follow down
    With cut price cars and top shelf porn

    How can they be tired of England?
    How can they be tired of England?
    How can they be tired of England?
    How can they be tired of England? Writer/s: Anthony Rossomando, Carl Barât, David Hammond, Gary Powell
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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