The Sound Of The Suburbs

Album: At the Chelsea Nightclub (1979)
Charted: 12
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  • Same old boring Sunday morning old man's out washing the car
    Mum's in the kitchen cooking Sunday dinner her best meal moaning while it lasts
    Johnny's upstairs in his bedroom sitting in the dark
    Annoying the neighbours with his punk rock electric guitar

    This is the sound
    This is the sound of the suburbs
    This is the sound of the suburbs

    Every lousy Monday morning Heathrow jets goes crashing over my home
    Ten o'clock and Broadmoor siren driving me mad won't leave me alone
    The woman next door just sits inside and cries
    She hasn't come out once since her husband died (that's right)

    This is the sound of the suburbs
    This is the sound of the suburbs

    Youth club group used to want to be free
    Now they want anarchy
    They play too fast, they play out of tune
    They practise in the singers bedroom
    The drums quite good the bass is too loud
    And I can't hear the words

    This is the sound
    This is the sound of the suburbs
    This is the sound of the suburbs

    Out there in the wilderness
    There's a boy playing the guitar
    He's dreaming of writing a song
    That will take him far far far away from there

    This is the sound
    This is the sound

    This is the sound of the suburbs
    This is the sound of the suburbs
    This is the sound of the suburbs
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