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 1957, and love felt the same, love felt the same



Frightened little girl, she makes a break

Into the arms of... something better

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, like yesterday



Don't you



Every time I try to leave this place

Something inside says, "You can do better"

Round here



So come with me, let me 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



When 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 walls

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

Is 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...."

Around here



So come with me, let me show you where I've lived

I want to put my hands in this