[Intro: Ken Hutchinson]
It's a great view up here, eh?
My sister and her budgie live in a block of flats this high up
On a clear day, she can see her furniture
Telly's great innit?
Replaces a coal fire
It's the Open University
[Verse 1]
Never seen Mean Streets before
Going out quietly, picking up a draw
Burnt bridges stay forgotten
And you know Scorsese means a Scotsman
Don't you know who the bad guys are?
Standing at the top, not the bottom
And the blue blood's rotten
[Verse 2]
I used to grass up my brother
Now we smoke grass with each other
We watched Mankind fall from Hell
Do you remember Kenan & Kel?
From the Ashburton to Drumchapel
I'm not sure I trust a radical
It's just didn't do that well in school
It's arrested development, but I played it cool
[Chorus]
You used to tell me all the time
It takes a town to raise a child
There's a first time for everything if you try
[Verse 3]
You used to be Mondeo man
Now you've turned like a baby boomerang
To a warm place in your youth
Smoked salmon, Top of the Pops 2
You pulled a whitey on the moon
Name every year of every chart hit
And Gil Scott-Heron's dad played for Celtic
[Verse 4]
I don't talk to my mother with the same mouth that I talk to my drug dealer
I'm not afraid of a breakout spot covered with a bit of concealer
I'm alright at songwriting but more of an entertainer (Ha-ha-ha)
And I'm really good at going when the going gets good
And it's good to get going when you know that you should
[Chorus]
You used to tell me all the time
It takes a town to raise a child
There's a first time for everything if you try
[Spoken: Frankie Miller]
First rule about fighting, Dancer, never let anybody hold your jaicket
'Cause they always shoot off with it
[Verse 5]
When the world went bust in 2008
Me and my dad would sign on on the same day
Applying for the same jobs and looking for a way out
I wander by the Wandle when the going gets tough
[Chorus]
You used to tell me all the time
It takes a town to raise a child
There's a first time for everything if you try
[Spoken: Ken Hutchinson]
I was lost, but now I'm found
[Verse 6]
You don't buy the green rebellion
But you've had that "bag for life" since the millennium
And even though you've fallen from grace
You still wanna talk about your parking space
Speed limits and sleeping police
Light a candle and live in peace
Listen out for the sound of progress
Does it pass the Old Grey Whistle Test?
[Chorus]
You used to tell me all the time
It takes a town to raise a child
There's a first time for everything if you try
