Letra
Ghostown
They could smell it in the air when they were bought out by the Japanese
Still the looks of shock when they closed down the factory
We’ve just not got the funds you see
For keeping all and sundry
Crowds in abundancy, screaming out redundancy
P45 got you signing on the brew
ES40 crew get your housing claim through
With no jobs in the region the economy was falling
Masses left in legions and those who stayed were brawling
Used to be the centre where greasy frank was frying well
But frank left town and sold it off to leachy Lionel
But nowadays, the sour taste people just aren’t buying well
Café closed down ‘cos they couldn’t find the clientele
With nowhere in the evenings
The young started breathing in
Products with demons in
Alcohol steaming in
Elderly, seldomly
Ever leave their homes
They gossip on the phone
How the young’ll break their bones
It’s the ghostown
V2
Times are so scandalous
The station gate hangs to rust
Youth are so vandalous
Only in a gang they trust
Tommy’s out with wee terry
‘nother night of cheap sherry
Trying to chat up sweet Kerry
Pops a pill and feels very……
Empty, looking for something to fill the abyss
“Why don’t you try some of this” cries cold sore Chris
Now Tommy’s heard the rumours but tonight hes got no purpose
First time it’s a gift but tomorrow it’s a purchase
Now he stays in the dark thinking god do desert us
What’s the needle doing if we pick beneath the surface
Habit such a habit, not so easy to kick
Like your nose when you pick
But you chose to be sick
Know your foes from your mates
When your dose escalates
Sell your clothes for the H
Now your loath to escape
And it happened so abrupt
The whole town has gone corrupt
In jail hoarded up
The whole street is boarded up
It’s the ghostown
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