Rotterdam (Or Anywhere) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by foxyfmu 

Cover art for Rotterdam (Or Anywhere) lyrics by Beautiful South, The

How can only 5 people have commented this?! It is one of my favourite all time songs.

Sounds to me like he's fed up with the people in his life at the moment or just generally in life.

He just wants to escape from it all and have some peace and quiet to himself?