Deveny Town
(after John Cooper Clarke)
The fucking press are fucking keen
to fucking keep it fucking clean
that fucking Bolt’s a fucking swine
who fucking draws a fucking line
at fucking fun and fucking games
the fucking kids he fucking blames
are nowhere to be fucking found
anywhere in Deveny town
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fucking ANZAC day is fucking sad
the fucking public’s fucking had
the fuckers claim their fucking turf
for fucking what it’s fucking worth
the fucking TV’s fucking daft
It doesn’t make me fucking laugh
it fucking hurts to look around
everywhere in Deveny town
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the fucking train is fucking late
you fucking wait you fucking wait
you’re fucking lost and fucking found
stuck in fucking Deveny town
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the fucking views are fucking vile
for fucking miles and fucking miles
the fucking wowsers fucking whine
the fucking good stuff fucking dies
the food for thought is fucking muck
the fucking drains are fucking fucked
the colour scheme? suckhole fucking brown
everywhere in Deveny town
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the fucking publications are fucking dull
they’re fucking clubs, fucking full
of fucking girls and fucking guys
with fucking lifestyle in their eyes
the fucking words are fucking spiked
no matter what the fucking readers like
you fucking stay at fucking home
the fucking neighbors fucking moan
keep the fucking racket down
this is fucking Deveny town
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the fucking train is fucking late
you fucking wait you fucking wait
you’re fucking lost and fucking found
stuck in fucking Deveny town
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the fucking pies are fucking old
the fucking chips are fucking cold
the fucking beer is fucking flat
the fucking flats have fucking rats
the fucking clocks are fucking wrong
the fucking days are fucking long
it fucking gets you fucking down
evidently Deveny town
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