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Northern Industrial Town lyrics

It s just a northern industrial town
The front doors of the houses open into the streets
There s no room for front gardens, just a two-up, two-down
In a northern industrial town
And you can see the green hills cross the rooftops
And a fresher wind blows past the end of our block
In the evenings the mist comes rolling on down
Into a northern industrial town
And there s only two teams in this town
And you must follow one or the other
Let us win, let them lose, not the other way round
In a northern industrial town
And the street lights look pretty and bright
From the tops of the hills that rise dark in the night
If it weren t for the rain you might never come down
To your northern industrial town
And on payday they tear the place down
With a pint in your hand and a bash em out band
Sure they d dance to the rhythm of the rain falling down
In a northern industrial town
And there s plenty of artists around
Painters steal cars, poets nick guitars
Cos we re out of the black and into the red
So give us this day our daily bread
In a northern industrial town
But it s not Leeds or Manchester
Liverpool, Sheffield nor Glasgow
It s not Newcastle-on-Tyne, it s Belfast
It s just a northern industrial town
Merry Christmas, war is over
In a northern industrial town
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