The Only Living Boy In New Cross

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Hello, good evening, welcome
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to nothing much
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A no holds barred half nelson
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and the loving touch
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The comfort and the joy
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of feeling lost
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With the only living boy
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in New Cross
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Fill another suitcase
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with another haul
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Of hotel towels and toothpaste
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and the bathroom wall
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Then wipe the lipstick heart and flowers
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from the glass and chrome
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Take five or six hot baths and showers
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and come on home
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To the comfort and the joy of feeling lost
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With the only living boy
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in New Cross
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I've teamed up with the hippies now
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I've got my fringe unfurled
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I want to give peace, love and kisses out
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to this whole stinking world
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The gypsies, the travellers and the thieves
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The good, the bad, the average and unique
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The grebos, the crusties, the goths
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And the only living boy
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in New Cross
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Eyes down and I'll keep you up to date, Two fat ladies 1988
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The safe sixteen lovers who lied , Purleys' queen and mother makes five
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Butchered bakers, deaf and dumb waiters
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Marble arch criminals and clause 28'ers
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Authors, authors, plastered outcasts
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Locked up daughters, rock'n'roll stars
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Goodbye Rudy, David and Rosie
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Abraham and Julianne and everyone who knows me
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The gypsies, the travellers and the thieves
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The good, the bad, the average and unique
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The grebos, the crusties, and you and I
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Hello, good evening, welcome
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and Goodbye