Mile End Lyrics
Mile End by Pulp
We didn't have no where to live, / we didn't have nowhere to go / 'til someone said /"I know this place off Burditt Road." / It was on the fifteenth floor, / it hada board across the door. / It took an hour / to pry it off and get inside. / It smelt asif someone had died; / the living-room was full of flies, / the kitchen sink was blocked,/ the bathroom sink not there at all. / Ooh, / it's a mess alright, / yes it's / Mile End./ And now we're living in the sky! / I'd never thought I'd live so / high, / just likeHeaven / (if it didn't look like Hell.) / The lift is always full of p**s, / the fifthfloor landing smells of fish / (not just on Friday, / every single other day.) / Below thekids come out tonight, / they kick a ball and have a fight / and maybe shoot somebody ifthey lose at pool. / Ooh, / it's a mess alright, / yes it's / Mile End. / [mumbledmutterings... you love it...] / Oo-ooh / Nobody wants to be your friend / 'cause you'renot from round here, / ooh / as if that was / something to be proud about. / The pearlyking of the Isle of Dogs / feels up children in the bogs. / Down by the playing fields, /someone sets a car on fire I guess you have to go right down / before you understand justhow, / how low, / how low a human being can go. / Ooh, / it's a mess alright, / yes it's /Mile End. / (don't do that! Leave it out!) / Bababa... / Lalala... Mile End. / (don't do that! Leave it out!) / Bababa... / Lalala...