When i was just a little boy
I played with another wretch
We'd go down to the union can*l
To see what we could catch
Cast the hook, line and sinker
Then sit down and wish
No barges pa**ed this way no more
Nor did any fish
How do you do
Can't stop now
We're just pa**ing through
The wasteland was our playground
And the railway-track
I told my friend one day i'd leave
And never would come back
We'd watch those trucks a-rolling past
Never stopping at our station
I never knew from where they came
Nor their destination
How do you do
Can't stop now
We're just pa**ing through
Then the excavations
Were started here one day
Before i could spell 'envirament'
They'd built a motorway
Now we have a flyover
And an under pa**
Railway trains and open drains
Does no one think of us?
How do you do
Can't stop now
We're just pa**ing through
I left that place in '75
And never did return
Ain't got no time for nostalg'a
For any bridges i have burned
But once i pa**ed on that motorway
And at the concrete i did stare
I wondered if my childhood friend
Was still living there