Well the West End now
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The West End then
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Went by the other day
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Just to see my friend
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His house was dark
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His socks were thin
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I told him let¡¯s get out the West End
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For my whole life
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I¡¯ve lived down in the West End
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But it sure has changed here
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Since I was a kid
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It¡¯s worse now
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Look what progress did
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Someone lined their pockets
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I don¡¯t know who that is
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Well my old man slaved
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Down here in the West End
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He thought the future was bright
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Way back then
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But it beat him down
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Till he had nothing to give
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It broke his back
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Took away his will to live
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Now me
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I don¡¯t think much of the West End
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Ain¡¯t gonna end up
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Like the old man did
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¡®Cause I got dreams and they¡¯re bigger than this
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As far as I¡¯m concerned
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You can keep the West End
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Well I guess down here
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In the West End
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Broken promises
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Now and then
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It¡¯s not even fair
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To think that they would
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¡®Cause the West End now
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Ain¡¯t no damn good
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Out there somewhere
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You know there¡¯s gotta be a place
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Where a man can live
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With a smile on his face
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And every day something new begins
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But it ain¡¯t down here
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At the West End
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Some day down here
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In the West End
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No one will remember
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How the whole place began
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The West End
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John Mellencamp |