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We didn't have no where to live, / we didn't have nowhere to go |
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'til someone said / "I know this place off Burditt Road." |
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It was on the fifteenth floor, / it had a board across the door. |
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It took an hour / to pry it off and get inside. / It smelt as if someone had died; |
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the living-room was full of flies, / the kitchen sink was blocked, |
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the bathroom sink not there at all. / Ooh, / it's a mess alright, / yes it's |
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Mile End. / And now we're living in the sky! / I'd never thought I'd live so |
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high, / just like Heaven / (if it didn't look like Hell.) |
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The lift is always full of piss, / the fifth floor landing smells of fish |
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(not just on Friday, / every single other day.) |
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Below the kids come out tonight, / they kick a ball and have a fight |
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and maybe shoot somebody if they lose at pool. |
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Ooh, / it's a mess alright, / yes it's / Mile End. |
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[mumbled mutterings... you love it...] |
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Oo-ooh / Nobody wants to be your friend |
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'cause you're not from round here, / ooh / as if that was |
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something to be proud about. / The pearly king of the Isle of Dogs |
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feels up children in the bogs. / Down by the playing fields, |
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someone sets a car on fire I guess you have to go right down |
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before you understand just how, / how low, |
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how low a human being can go. / Ooh, / it's a mess alright, / yes it's |
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Mile End. / (don't do that! Leave it out!) / Bababa... |
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Lalala... |