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Pretenders To The Throne Lyrics
Is it Cologne with its great cathedral?
Milan with its glamour and its pace?
London with its river and its bridges?
Lisbon with its beauty and its grace?
Funny looking buses, climb its pot-bellied hills
And a solitary jogger, times the time he kills
Do you know where I'm gonna go?
None of you have guessed, so none of you can know
If you've been, that's not where I mean
It's got class and it's got excellence like you've never seen
Your town is dragging me down
Dragging me down, down, down
Your town is dragging me down
Dragging me down, down, down
Is it Dublin with its culture and its wit?
Madrid with it's market square?
Paris with it's bustling cafes?
Hull with it's musical flair?
Do you know where I'm gonna go?
None of you have guessed so none of you can know
If you've been, that's not where I mean
It's got class and it's got excellence like you've never seen
Your town is dragging me down
Is dragging me down, down, down
Your town is dragging me down
Is dragging me down, down, down
As I watch them drop the grain into your fish tank brain
How can you like this place when it never even rains?
Never even rains
Your town is dragging me down
Is dragging me down, down, down
Your town is dragging me down
Is dragging me down, down, down
Is dragging me down, down, down
Is dragging me down, down, down
Is dragging me down, down, down
Milan with its glamour and its pace?
London with its river and its bridges?
Lisbon with its beauty and its grace?
Funny looking buses, climb its pot-bellied hills
And a solitary jogger, times the time he kills
None of you have guessed, so none of you can know
If you've been, that's not where I mean
It's got class and it's got excellence like you've never seen
Dragging me down, down, down
Your town is dragging me down
Dragging me down, down, down
Madrid with it's market square?
Paris with it's bustling cafes?
Hull with it's musical flair?
None of you have guessed so none of you can know
If you've been, that's not where I mean
It's got class and it's got excellence like you've never seen
Is dragging me down, down, down
Your town is dragging me down
Is dragging me down, down, down
How can you like this place when it never even rains?
Is dragging me down, down, down
Your town is dragging me down
Is dragging me down, down, down
Is dragging me down, down, down
Is dragging me down, down, down
Song Info
Submitted by
mysteriousdragon On Aug 06, 2002
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To me, this song means that you shouldn't be ashamed of where you come from because its not seen to be glamourous. It is also another display of the wit that makes Paul Heaton the greatest song writer to come out of britain (or Hull, for that matter) in the last 20 years