My daddy got here
on the gravy train
I guess my mama
had a real bad start
to the game
They went walking and
she took his name
Round here
There was dancing
in the afternoons
those days
Waiting tables,
chasing girls with
the money he made
It was nineteen
fifty-seven
And love felt the same,
love felt the same
Frightened little girl,
she makes a break
Into the arms of
something better
yeah
Round here
I hear my mama call
in Kingsbury Park
Just me and David
and a football that
glowed in the dark
Waiting patiently
to make my mark
Round here
And I remember my
first day at school
And I remember trouble,
and thinking
I was so cool
I remember it all
Oh yeah
like yesterday
Don't you
Every time I try to
leave this place
Something inside says
"You can do better"
Yeah yeah
Round here
So come with me,
I wanna show you
where I've lived
I want to put my hands
in this earth again
Music fell like rain
to the streets
The Specials
and The Jam
to The Beat
Even though I think
I've seen everything
there is to see
of this world
I gotta be thankful
that this crowded
space is the place
of my birth
All that I wanted
was to be someone
Two little Hitlers in
an old church hall
Some cheesy covers
and those neighbours
that banged
on the wall
Andy says it's time
to show them all
Round here
Please sir, we two
have other plans
Please sir, you would
not understand
what's going on
It's magical,
can't you see
that some of us do
more than dream?
Every time I try to
leave this place
Something inside says
keep on keeping
on and on and on
and on around here
So come with me,
I wanna show you
where I've lived
I want to put my hands
in this earth again
Music fell like rain
to the streets
The Specials and
The Jam, ABC
Even though I think
I've seen everything
there is to see
of this world
I gotta be thankful
that this crowded space
is the place of my birth
My birth
In this town
Yes I guess I got
to be someone
To be somebody
B-b-b-beautiful city
This place I call
my home
This place I call
my home
I want to thank you
Thank you
My daddy got here
on the gravy train