just look now

wait a moment yet

have a cigarette

we can stand out here on the pavement

there's a young man near

with the same idea

and a half-drunk beer as payment

but we turn his offer down

give him a light and watch him frown

as he weaves his way back round

into the crowd

many years ago that was us

i know

when they said this place was dying

but just look now

look all around

if you squint

you'd swear it was thriving

now it's we who are in decline

like the old shipyards and mines

we outlived a time

that's long passed away

i thought we'd change things

but we never changed a thing

we never changed a thing

there's a girl

there's another

that one looks familiar

i think i knew her mother

wait a moment yet

have a cigarette

they let us stand out here on the pavement

just look now

look all around

now that's what i call entertainment

i thought we'd change things

but we never changed a thing

we never changed a thing