Rents no longer affordable
+
Welfare line stretches long
+
Once the town was prosperous
+
Those days now long gone
+
One lonely café still open
+
Too stubborn to close down
+
That, a few strays and some rats
+
Remains of life in this ghost of a town
+
The streets are all now empty
+
A dozen closed down stores
+
The abandoned dairy factory
+
No-one works there any more
+
Broken and boarded windows
+
Nothing but bones and memories
+
Creaking of rusting signage
+
And shutters that flap in the breeze
+
"Next year should be better"
+
Is just one of many lies
+
The residents tell each other
+
As the cemetery still thrives
+
The streets are all now empty
+
A dozen closed down stores
+
The abandoned dairy factory
+
No-one works there any more
+
The streets are all now empty
+
A dozen closed down stores
+
The abandoned dairy factory
+
No-one works there any more
+
Cans lay caught in gutters
+
With bottles now broken glass
+
And paper decorating every shrub
+
They're dead just like the grass
+
A stench lingers in the air
+
A rotting carcass lays nearby
+
No-one cares to clean it up
+
Everything just waits to die
+
The young moved on long ago
+
Only the aged remain
+
Too old to start again
+
Too old to want a change
+
Ghosts the only custom
+
To frequent the empty stores
+
Coins and tills still rattle
+
While the wind keeps rattling doors
+
The 'Ex's are all now empty
+
A dozen closed down stores
+
The abandoned dairy factory
+
No-one works there any more
+
"Next year should be better"
+
("Next year should be better")
+
Is just one of many lies
+
(Is just one of many lies)
+
The residents tell each other
+
As the Cemetery still thrives
+
Yeah, Cemetery still thrives
+
The Cemetery
+
Still thrives
+
Yeah
+
The Rents no longer affordable
+
Welfare line stretches long
+
Once the town was prosperous
+
Those days now long gone
+
A stench lingers in the air
+
A rotting carcass lays nearby
+
No-one cares to clean it up
+
Everything just waits to die
+
One lonely café still open
+
Too stubborn to close down
+
That, a few strays and some rats
+
Remains of life in this ghost of a town
+
The streets are all now empty
+
A dozen closed down stores
+
The abandoned dairy factory
+
No-one works there any more
+
The streets are all now empty
+
A dozen closed down stores
+
The abandoned dairy factory
+
No-one works there any more
+
Broken and boarded windows
+
Nothing but bones and memories
+
Creaking of rusting signage
+
And shutters that flap in the breeze
+
"Next year should be better"
+
Is just one of many lies
+
The residents tell each other
+
As the cemetery still thrives
+
The young moved on long ago
+
Only the aged remain
+
Too old to start again
+
Too old to want a change
+
Ghosts the only custom
+
To frequent the empty stores
+
Coins and tills still rattle
+
While the wind keeps rattling doors
+
Yes, the streets are all now empty
+
A dozen closed down stores
+
The abandoned dairy factory
+
No-one works there any more
+
"Next year should be better"
+
Is just one of many lies
+
The residents tell each other
+
As the Cemetery still thrives
+
As the Cemetery still thrives
+
The Cemetery still thrives
+
The Cemetery still thrives
+
The Cemetery still thrives
+
Oooohhh
+
(Cemetery)
+
(Cemetery)
+
(Cemetery)
+
Still thrives
+
(Cemetery)
+
(Cemetery)
+
(Cemetery)
+
Oooohhh
+
