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Living on the side |
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Of Primrose Hill |
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Drinking cans of Tennants |
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Just can't seem to get my fill |
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Got a beat up guitar |
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And a dirty old sleeping bag |
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And this mangy dog |
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Whose tail don't wag |
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Sun's been shining down |
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On my hillside bed |
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That's not the only reason |
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My face is so red |
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This nasty cut on my nose |
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Is not from no fight |
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I just fell down yesterday |
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Or maybe it was last night |
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And I used to sing and play |
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Down in the underground |
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But a few years back |
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They started cracking down |
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Now I'm living on the side |
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Of Primrose Hill |
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I'm no tourist attraction |
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But I give them a thrill |
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Yeah I see you |
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Riding by on your flash bicycle |
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Yeah they can do you for that on Primrose Hill |
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A pretty young mother goes by |
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She's pushing her pram |
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Her little baby leans out |
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Just to see what I am |
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From the top of the hill |
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There's a hell of a view |
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Houses of Parliament and London Zoo |
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Those politicians all chatter |
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They trumpet and roar |
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That must be what those hyenas all |
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Are laughing for |
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When you come up to London |
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It sure is something to see |
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It's somewhere to go |
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But it's no place to be |
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And there's two things |
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Keeping me from going 'round the bend |
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I got my music |
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And this dog for a friend |
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'Cause life gets slippery |
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When you're living on the side |
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Yeah I know I should quit drinking |
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But I haven't even tried |
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My mutt's licking my fingers |
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And I'm wetting my lips |
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I got a can of extra strong |
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And a bag of chicken and chips |
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If I had a little money |
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I'd get a few things |
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Like a bottle of vodka |
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And a pack of new guitar strings |
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I guess I could die here |
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On the side of this hill |
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I'm no tourist attraction |
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But I'd give them a chill |
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And I'm living on the side |
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Of Primrose Hill |
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Drinking cans of Tennants |
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Just can't seem to get my fill |
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Got a beat up guitar |
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And dirty old sleeping bag |
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This mangy dog |
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Whose tail won't wag |