Round Here lyrics

My daddy got here
on the gravy train

I guess my mama
had a real bad start
to the game
They went walking and
she took his name

Round here

There was dancing
in the afternoons
those days

Waiting tables,
chasing girls with
the money he made

It was nineteen
fifty-seven

And love felt the same,
love felt the same

Frightened little girl,
she makes a break

Into the arms of
something better
yeah

Round here

I hear my mama call
in Kingsbury Park

Just me and David
and a football that
glowed in the dark
Waiting patiently
to make my mark

Round here

And I remember my
first day at school

And I remember trouble,
and thinking
I was so cool

I remember it all
Oh yeah
like yesterday

Don't you
Every time I try to
leave this place

Something inside says
"You can do better"
Yeah yeah
Round here

So come with me,
I wanna show you
where I've lived

I want to put my hands
in this earth again
Music fell like rain
to the streets

The Specials
and The Jam
to The Beat

Even though I think
I've seen everything
there is to see
of this world

I gotta be thankful
that this crowded
space is the place
of my birth

All that I wanted
was to be someone

Two little Hitlers in
an old church hall

Some cheesy covers
and those neighbours
that banged
on the wall

Andy says it's time
to show them all
Round here

Please sir, we two
have other plans

Please sir, you would
not understand
what's going on

It's magical,
can't you see
that some of us do
more than dream?

Every time I try to
leave this place

Something inside says
keep on keeping
on and on and on
and on around here

So come with me,
I wanna show you
where I've lived

I want to put my hands
in this earth again
Music fell like rain
to the streets

The Specials and
The Jam, ABC

Even though I think
I've seen everything
there is to see
of this world

I gotta be thankful
that this crowded space
is the place of my birth

My birth
In this town

Yes I guess I got
to be someone

To be somebody

B-b-b-beautiful city

This place I call
my home

This place I call
my home

I want to thank you
Thank you

My daddy got here
on the gravy train