We didn't have no where to live, / we didn't have nowhere to go
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'til someone said / "I know this place off Burditt Road."
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It was on the fifteenth floor, / it had a board across the door.
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It took an hour / to pry it off and get inside. / It smelt as if someone had died;
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the living-room was full of flies, / the kitchen sink was blocked,
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the bathroom sink not there at all. / Ooh, / it's a mess alright, / yes it's
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Mile End. / And now we're living in the sky! / I'd never thought I'd live so
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high, / just like Heaven / (if it didn't look like Hell.)
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The lift is always full of piss, / the fifth floor landing smells of fish
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(not just on Friday, / every single other day.)
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Below the kids come out tonight, / they kick a ball and have a fight
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and maybe shoot somebody if they lose at pool.
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Ooh, / it's a mess alright, / yes it's / Mile End.
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[mumbled mutterings... you love it...]
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Oo-ooh / Nobody wants to be your friend
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'cause you're not from round here, / ooh / as if that was
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something to be proud about. / The pearly king of the Isle of Dogs
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feels up children in the bogs. / Down by the playing fields,
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someone sets a car on fire I guess you have to go right down
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before you understand just how, / how low,
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how low a human being can go. / Ooh, / it's a mess alright, / yes it's
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Mile End. / (don't do that! Leave it out!) / Bababa...
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Lalala...
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Mile End
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| Pulp |
