THE CITY THAT NEVER WAKES 
 
Keep near things you hold so dear. 
Little happens here. 
But then, I don't care for clubs - 
Give me old-fashioned pubs. 
Give me some peace of mind, 
Where I'm cosy, safe and sound. 
 
I'm here, the city that never wakes; 
I wouldn't change it ever. 
Some fear the city that never wakes; 
I wouldn't change it for the world. 
 
Night falls. The capital, it calls. 
You scale the city walls, 
And take the train out to these places 
With their sea of faces. 
You will one day wake 
To discover that you've drowned. 
 
I cheer the city that never wakes; 
I wouldn't change it ever. 
Some jeer the city that never wakes; 
I wouldn't change it for the world. 
 
You'll move away 
From those you love and everything you are, 
Or else you'll stay 
And enrich this strip of land that made you. 
 
Keep near things you hold so dear. 
Little happens here. 
But then, I don't care for clubs - 
Give me old-fashioned pubs. 
Give me some peace of mind, 
Where I'm cosy, safe and sound. 
 
I'm here, the city that never wakes; 
I wouldn't change it ever. 
Some fear the city that never wakes; 
I wouldn't change it for the world. 
 
I cheer the city that never wakes; 
I wouldn't change it ever. 
Some jeer the city that never wakes; 
I wouldn't change it for the world. 
 
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