Peter Pans Playground

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I come from a village called Rayne 
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next to a town called Braintree, 
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near
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the city of Colchester in middle of 
the Essex County.

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A semi detached house with three 
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cars on the drive. Mum used to work 
at a
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swimming pool and dad on a building 
site.

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My brother used to sell a little 
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bit of hash but never enough to get 
caught;
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he used to rag it around the town 
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at night in a mark two ford escort.

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Six years of Notley high school got
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 me four GCSEs its not the greatest
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education but its good enough for 
me.

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And on sunny Sunday afternoons we 
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go down to southend, peter pans
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playground it was called back then.

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We d all walk down the sea front 
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to the pier for fish and chips. I 
used to
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hang around in arcades playing 
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Mortal Kombat.

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So ill sing a song for Southend on 
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radio 2, I think they want me to 
make fun
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of it but I can only tell the truth.

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so if youve never been to Essex 
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dont be so quick to knock it because
 the
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reality TV show dont know everything
 about it.

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Well weve all heard jokes about 
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Essex girls and how people think 
they are
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Easy, loud mouth blonde and stupid 
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and baby in the belly.

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Back in Braintree college I was in 
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love with a girl called Claire smart
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little vegetarian as pretty as the 
flower in her hair.

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on sunny Sunday afternoons we go 
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down to south end, we bunk the train
 to
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the sea side to hang out with our 
friends.

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The rollercoasters tiny its not 
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like Alton towers but with the right
 ones
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sitting next to you, you go round 
and round for hours.

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So ill sing a song for Southend on 
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radio 2, I think they want me to 
make fun
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of it but I can only tell the truth.

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so if youve never been to Essex 
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dont be so quick to knock it because
 the
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reality TV show dont know everything
 about it.

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And in my line of work I visit 
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lots of different places. I iron out
 the
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clichés and try and understand the 
creases.

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its good to have some character it 
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makes you who you are and Id rather
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 be
form Essex than be from 
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Buckinghamshire