The Boys & Girl Of Dacre Hill

I got the wrong bus and as I went by St Cath's And Sledgehammer came on in my ears The opening notes brought a lump to my throat And memories to flood back through the years Of Karl, Paul and Sian, Our Richard and Allan 9 or 10 years old at the time So I got off the bus and I went to the top Of a place I've not seen in such a while Our old stomping ground Up by Yvonne's Discount And the Video Shop "License to Thrill" This small patch of land Was a mountain to defend For The Boys And Girl of Dacre Hill I think I had forgotten all the things that we got up to And I probably can't remember them all Just skateboards, shins and scuffles, Raspberry Ruffles Temp Tattoos grazed off by a fall Our old stomping ground Up by Yvonne's Discount And the Video Shop "License to Thrill" This small patch of land Was a mountain to defend For The Boys And Girl of Dacre Hill Nostalgia's seductive It's a trap and it's reductive To look back with rose tinted glasses but still I wonder where you all are Now we're all 30 years older The Boys And Girl Of Dacre Hill