Anytown

Over dale and over hills

I'll take you through the cotton mills

To the ginnels where we played

And where are friendships all were made

Still they came and tore them down

And now we live in Anytown

They came and tore it down

And now this place could be Anytown

Can't forget and won't forgive

The places we've been forced to live

Sticks and stones may break my bones

But rather that than live alone

For they came and tore it down

And now we live in Anytown

They came and tore it down

And now this place could be Anytown

Rags to riches, that's a lie

For some things money just can't buy

Thicker than water blood may be

And comfort still brings misery

For they came and tore it down

And now we live in Anytown

They came and tore it down

And now this place could be Anytown

They took the heart when they ripped it down

And in its place sent Anytown

Summer in the driving rain

I can hear the Oldham train.