Sunset over Dagenham

Waking up is easy but you're too busy dreaming Of all the other lives that you could step inside Surround yourself with losers They're there for your amusement But you're not so far removed as you would really like She's got so much to offer but her brain cells akimbo You rise to the challenge and they call you a bimbo A chance to escape but you missed the window And there's a sunset over Dagenham And you don't need goals when you're having fun Cause you're alright for work and you're alright for money But that don't make up for that fact that you're running away From the life on the tv screen Cause it's just too harsh and it's just too mean But don't be dramatic Some next Primadonna You can't hide your hometown just cause you wanna Baby pressures mounting (you're on your second one?) But who's counting And time is running out to make you man and wife (trouble and strife) Give up on your daydream You're a corporate slave by eighteen And all because you look nice in your suit and tie Oh what a life When we're all born and bred in the M25 We're all brain dead when we reach 29 Give in to the pressure Cause it's our way to survive And there's a sunset over Dagenham And you don't need goals when you're having fun Cause you're alright for work and you're alright for money But that don't make up for that fact that you're running away From the life on the tv screen Cause it's just too harsh and it's just too mean But don't be dramatic Some next Primadonna You can't hide your hometown just cause you wanna Don't get your city slicker knickers in a twist It's just small town suburban ignorant bliss And nothing can shake you outside of your own square mile The people that you're in the business of hating Seem happy and settled and you're contemplating If all this was worth it to get your superior smile Cause you come back home just to kick up a fuss But this town's too small for the bunch of us She's got so much to offer but her brain cells akimbo You rise to the challenge and they call you a bimbo A chance to escape but you missed the window And there's a sunset over Dagenham And you don't need goals when you're having fun Cause you're alright for work and you're alright for money But that don't make up for that fact that you're running away From the life on the tv screen Cause it's just too harsh and it's just too mean But just don't be dramatic Some next Primadonna You can't hide your hometown just cause you wanna Sunset over Dagenham And you don't need goals when you're having fun Cause you're alright for work and you're alright for money But that don't make up for that fact that you're running away From the life on the tv screen Cause it's just too harsh and it's just too mean But just don't be dramatic Some next Primadonna You can't hide your hometown just cause you wanna Just cause you wanna