Billy Bragg – Talking Wag Club Blues (Guitar)

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Well the sun goes down on London Town

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But it never sets on Oxford Street

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Those well spoken young men and their bouncers

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Are trying to create a well dressed elite

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Once inside join the rising tide

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Of people who are so proud to get in

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Who think their face is their fortune

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But under their skin they're ugly as sin

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(Didn't I meet you down at the clinic ?)

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Lots of boys with lots of poise

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And hair right down to their hips

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Lots of pretty girls with sun tans

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And cold sores on their lips

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Is he your boyfriend ? Or is he just here to hold your coat ?

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Take it off

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Take it off

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Take it off and let's find out

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Eh ?

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Half-arsed tries with half caste eyes

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Are sucking in their cheeks until it hurts

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Lots of twats with funny hats

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With Karl Marx printed on their shirts

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Who'll tell you revolution is just a state of mind

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Oh, this is Saturday night in the West End alright

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And these people are not my kind

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You can cut the rug with this week's drug

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Make 'em all queue up to lick your arse

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Wear a T-shirt that says 'Young, Free & Single'

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Or a big badge that says 'I'm hip & working class'

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The place is full of ear'oles

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Who hang on every word that they speak

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Who believe what they write about themselves

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Week after week after week after week

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(I don't know how they get away with it

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They should be ashamed)

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Well if it's all so bloody beautiful

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Take it home and have it framed