Larry got laid off
Got his salary shut off
That his family fed off
So now Sally just set off
The catalyst? The cost
To the capitalist boss
Who just saddle up his loss, left fresh like the frost
The factory was frozen, last clog croaked and...
The gates crashed closed and. never to be reopened
Machines dust erosion, rust stuck in motion
Kids just paint the slogans, the last words were spoken
Kevin carries the coffin, with his cousins Ken and Dawson
Cos his stubborn fathers rotten, and left him there an orphan
He thinks about it often, how he lost the war he fought in
Then he has a fit of coughing, cos spliffs he's been shopping
Friends in the same boat, you know how the saying goes
School to the dole queue, poverty revolt you
Or even catapult you, run up and assault you
The Village new culture, is the spectre and the vulture...
Got them crawling out the gutters, in their pocket
Stanley cutters Nervous nerves make you stutter, stay locked behind your shutters
You can either cry and sulk whilst they beat you to a pulp or
Ot transform like the hulk and Submit to the cult
It's the ghostown, ghostown Ghostown, ghostown
Times are so scandalous
The station gate hangs to rust
Youth are so vandalous
Only in a gang they trust
Kevin's out with wee terry
'Nother night of cheap sherry
Trying to chat up sweet Kerry
Pops a pill and feels very...
Empty, looking for something to fill the abyss
"Why don't you try some of this" cries cold sore
Chris Now Kevin's heard the rumours but tonight he's got no purpose
First time it's a gift but tomorrow it's a purchase
Now he stays in the dark thinking god do desert us
What's the needle doing if we pick beneath the surface
Habit such a habit, not so easy to kick
Like your nose when you pick
But you chose to be sick
Know your foes from your mates
When your dose escalates
Sell your clothes for the H
Now your loath to escape
And it happened so abrupt
The whole town has gone corrupt
In jail hoarded up
The whole street is boarded up
It's the ghostown, ghostown
Ghostown, ghostown