Richard Thompson - Lotteryland

lotteryland

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that’s the place i used to work when i was a wild , young turk
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it’s now the museum of industry , schoolkids get in for free
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brickworks – smell of rotten eggs , rubber works poured out the dregs
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now it smells of dettol and pee , lotteryland’s the place to be

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where the steelmill used to stand there’s a park in lotteryland
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be a pram – pusher on parole , go windsurfing on the dole
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they can put you right to sleep , better than brookside or the street
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it’s lucky numbers , one , two three , lotteryland’s the place to be

we don’t care who runs the shop , left wing , right wing , curse the lot
a million quid talks sense to me , lotteryland’s the place to be
now gone is dirt and gone is strife and gone is struggle and gone is life
“shove it , mate , i’m busy see” lotteryland’s the place to be

now we triple lock the doors , streets are full of thieves and whores
in a paddEd cell eternity , lotteryland’s the place to be
lotteryland’s the place to be
lotteryland’s the place to be

by : jose duarte
jtduarte1@gmail . com