Under The Westway

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[Verse 1]
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There were blue skies in my city 
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today
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Ev'ry thing was sinking, said 
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snow would come on Sunday
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The old school was due and the 
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traffic grew
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Up on the Westway

[Verse 2]
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Where I stood watching comets on 
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their lonesome trails
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Shining up above me the jet fuel
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 it fell
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Down to Earth where the money 
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always comes first
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And the sirens sing

[Instrumental]
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Continues after the ad
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[Verse 3]
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Bring us the day they switch off 
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the machines
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'Cos men in yellow jackets, 
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putting adverts inside my dreams
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An automated song and the whole 
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world gone
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Fallen under the spell of the

[Verse 4]
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Distance between us when we 
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communicate
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Still picking up shortwave, 
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somewhere they're out in space
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It depends how you're wired when 
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the night's on fire
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Under the Westway

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 5]
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Now it's magic arrows hitting the
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 bull
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Doing 180 still standing at last
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 call
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When the flag's coming down, and 
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the Last Post sounds
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Just like a love song

[Verse 6]
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For the way I feel about you
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Paradise not lost, it's in you
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On a permanent basis I apologise
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But I am going to sing

[Verse 7]
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              Hallelujah
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Sing it out loud and sing it to 
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you
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Am I lost out at sea, 'til a tide
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 wash me
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Up off the Westway.