This Town EP: In Tape (IT 030) Cold/Just the Same Recorded at Alvic Studios, London, February '86 All Songs by Phil Wilson Highest UK Independent Chart position: N/A Weeks on chart: N/A

Guitar: Simon Beesley Bass: Adrian Carter Trumpet: Jon Hunter Drums: Dave Bickley Viola: Frank Sweeney Guitar/Vocals: Phil Wilson

This Town (MP3 clip - 70 seconds - 554kb)

This town, this town, always stays the same,
Only shadows know your name, whoever made it that..

Uptown, bright town, crowded avenues,
But no-one seems to notice you,
they turn aside and walk away

But in the lights on summer nights,
It's nothing short of paradise,
Somewhere there is tenderness in..

This town, this town's,
Passive residents, sunk in sullen deference
and weekly bills for back-payments

But when no-one admits you,
and every single face bears down on you,
Run away, run away, run away, run away, run away, run away,
from the people and hide in your room.

This town, this town,
always stays the same,
Only shadows know your name,
Whoever made it that way, that way

Oh and walking home, backstreets alone,
a distant shout can chill the bone,
And fear is sown as rapture fades away.

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