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“Smalltown” is the tenth track from Anarcho-dance group Chumbawamba’s breakout LP, Tubthumper. The lyrics follow a nonconformist who’s planning to flee her narrow-minded small town. The song’s title appears to be a reference to Bronski Beat’s 1984 hit “Smalltown Boy,” which similarly describes a gay...
And every morning comes too soon
All your nights are sleepless
Poison arrows
To ruin your tomorrows
Below suspicion
Cafes full of people dressed as spies
And all I know
Is guilt for being different
It's always raining stones
There's a killer in the home
In a small town
Everybody looks the same
There are unwritten rules
Unspoken words
Should I pack my fear and go?
I have to leave somehow
Before they run me out of town
I have to leave somehow
And every morning comes too soon
All your nights are sleepless
Poison arrows
To ruin your tomorrows
There are unwritten rules
Unspoken words
Should I pack my fear and go?
I have to leave somehow
Before they run me out of town
I have to leave somehow
I have to leave somehow
Before they run me out of town
I have to leave somehow
I have to leave somehow
Before they run me out of town
I have to leave somehow
I have to leave somehow
Before they run me out of town
I have to leave somehow
[Interlude]
(Please, sir, I want some more!)
Smalltown was written by Chumbawamba.
Smalltown was produced by Chumbawamba & Neil Ferguson.
Chumbawamba released Smalltown on Tue Sep 23 1997.