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Don't Go Down To London

by The Unlimitless

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Many young people find city life attractive, failing to realise the challenges it holds. Some are just not ready or equipped with the attitudes or strength to deal with the competitive nature of urban life. Ending up on the streets is not the life many dreamed of.

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Lyrics:

Don’t go down to London
It’s not the place to be
You’ll end up desolate
And you’ll wish you listened to me

Don’t go down to London
You won’t know what to do when you’re there
Soon you’ll be sleeping rough
And nobody will care

The streets are not paved with gold
Only chewing gum, bird shit and mould
I know you have dreams of fame
But the only reality is pain

Everything costs much more than you think
Poor city people don’t swim they sink
Only live here if you are rich
Own a Bugatti and a diamond bitch

Chorus:
Go home young man, you made a mistake
Go home and say, “I just got it wrong”
Go home to the people who love you
Go home and say you heard this song

Where are you going to go?
Who do you think you know?
No one here will be your friend
Then your adventure will end

This city is built to bring to you down
It’s not like any provincial town
So many people to fuck you over
Stay on the train and go on to Dover

It’s noisy and busy and the air’s not clean
Homelessness is the biggest scene
Be dependent on drugs, living on the street
In a cardboard box, no shoes for your feet

These people aren’t all that friendly
Too busy with their own lives
There’s violence on every corner
And all the kids carry knifes

Chorus

Salt of the earth
Blood is thicker than water
Please phone home
You know you ought to

No one knows where you’ve gone
And everyone is scared
They are all feeling guilty
And they wish they told you how much they cared
And they wish they told you how much they cared
And they wish they told you how much they cared

Don’t go down to London
Or Birmingham, Or Manchester, Or Glasgow
Or Liverpool, Or Luton, Or Leeds
Or Brighton, Or Bristol, Or Belfast, Or Hull

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released October 21, 2022

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