Wait a moment, yeah 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 turned his offer down Give him a light and watch him frown As he waves 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 the time that's long past 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, yeah 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