Cats And Rats In This Neighbourhood

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[Verse 1]

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Say I'm going, yes I am going in another day,
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Coz if I do go home I've nothing left to say.
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I'm a man whose clock's on... but out of my  life.
B        B7sus4          B                  B7sus4   B   B7sus4
When the lights go out tonight I'll make my move.
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Too many years and all those tears have gone so deep inside me.

[Verse 2]

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Oh, no!
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Along the edge,.........above the metal dreamlike streamlike world.
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Way up above looking down up row after row of factory machines.
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There's no time like the present.
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Singing a song I brought along to keep me company.

[Synth instrumental interlude]

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Oh, no!
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[Repeat intro]

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[Verse 3]

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Aching back, my breath coming fast,
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my feet getting lighter, I feel kind of dizzy
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Running up, I'm running down.
B     B7sus4         B              B7sus4  B  B7sus4
I am nearly there, I am, I'm nearly there.
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The light in the distance is getting so much brighter.

[Verse 4]

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I'm a nooooo-man in a no-man's land.
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The metal girders that stand all around have now gone.
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The sky through the skylight's a different shade of blue.
B        B7sus4                B       B7sus4      D/C
Cats and rats in this neighbourhood,
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Cats and rats in this neighbourhood.
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Cats and rats in this neighbourhood.

[Bridge]

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Look different to me.
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       Let it be a better day  -  for you, my...
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...love.
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       Let it be a better day  -  for me, my...
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...love.
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[Outro]

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(Repeat and fade out, blending into the next song)