Paul Savage - We're Still Here lyrics

The myopic old optician couldn't see how he would fail The baker stayed too long and ended mouldering and stale The vet's been put to sleep, it's sat there empty for a year The barbers blades are blunted now, but we're still here We're still here We watched the florist wilt, and wane, and weather into dust The bank was in the red, lost all it's savings, and went bust At the bookies all the bets are off, the winner is unclear And the pharmacy has overdosed, but we're still here We're still here The street ran out of charity so Oxfam doors are closed The surgery was euthanised as soon as diagnosed The letting agents lost their lease, their rent was in arrears And the j**elers lost it's sparkle now, but we're still here We're still here They used to sell cool trainers, but the custom ran away The travel agents taken an extended holiday Even the old job centre now seeks a new career The greengrocer decayed and spoiled, but we're still here We're still here The tea-rooms fortune floundered out once they gave us diarrhoea And the chain store's polished off the independent pizzeria The home designer showroom died behind that cracked veneer The bookshop's long been out of print, but we're still here We're still here The undertakers pa**ed away their ghost still haunts the street The butchers decomposed like all his putrid rotten meat The chippy fried, the laundrette dried, the boozers sunk it's beer The electricians blown a fuse, but we're still here We're still here We're still here