Up Here In The North Of England Lyrics - Icicle Works

(McNabb) 

Travelling overseas I was accosted by a student 

Who asked me where I came from, she was pretty 

Children don't put smack in your veins 

Lennon cut his teeth here 

And the party-pooping left wing 

Wouldn't play the Tories game 

We're always in the market for an off-beat love affair 

With a foreign delegation condescending for a share 

Of a pressure cooker spouting steam 

That threatens to unload 

With a power so formidable 

The Russian bear is in the woods somewhere 

Television comedians united in approval 

The drama that confronts you with real people in real times 

I'm only in a band because I failed my own audition 

You have to see somebody suffer other than yourself 

Right now we're in a jam 

We'll call you back when we get straight 

'Cos Townsend's coming 'round 

He understands, he won't be late 

There's lots of food for thought 

But not a great deal on our plate 

The southerners don't like us 

Who can blame 'em seems we're always in the spotlight 

We're always in the market for an off-beat love affair 

Heseltine came up now trees are sprouting everywhere 

McDonalds finally found us and we're folklore in Turin 

We used to pull the ships in 

Now we're goin' down 

Look at the state we're in