[Verse 1: Tom Clarke]
You spend your time in smokey rooms
Where haggled old women with cheap perfume say
"It never happens for people like us you know"
Well nothing ever happened on its own
And well the toilets smell of desperation
The streets all echo of aggregation
And you wonder why you can't get no sleep
When you've got nothing to do, and you've had nothing to eat
Your life's slipping and sliding right out of view
And there's absolutely nothing that you can do (well)

[Chorus]
We'll live and die we'll live and die in these towns
Don't let it drag you down
Don't let it drag you down now
We'll live and die we'll live and die in these towns
Don't let it drag you down
Don't let it drag you down now

[Verse 2]
Dirty dishes from a TV meal that went cold from the wind through a smashed up window
You can't go out if anybody calls ya cause you can't have a bath when there's no hot water
And your friends are out on the town again
And you ask yourself if it will ever end
And it's all too much for your head to take
Just a matter of time before you break (well)
[Chorus]
We'll live and die we'll live and die in these towns
Don't let it drag you down
Don't let it drag you down now
We'll live and die we'll live and die in these towns
Don't let it drag you down
Don't let it drag you down now
Now
Now
We'll live and die we'll live and die in these towns
Don't let it drag you down
Don't let it drag you down now
We'll live and die we'll live and die in these towns
Don't let it drag you down
Don't let it drag you down now