The - Heartland lyrics

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Beneath the old iron bridges, across the Victorian parks and all the frightened people running home before dark<br />

Past the saturday morning cinema that lies crumbling to the ground<br />

And the piss stinking shopping centre in the new side of town<br />

I've come to smell the seasons change and watch the city as the sun goes down again<br />

Here comes another winter of long shadows and high hopes<br />

Here comes another winter, waitin' for utopia, waitin' for hell to freeze over<br />

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This is the land, where nothing changes<br />

The land of red buses and blue blooded babies<br />

This is the place, where pensioners are raped and the hearts are being cut from the welfare state<br />

Let the poor drink the milk, while the rich eat the honey<br />

Let the bums count their blessings, while they count the money<br />

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So many people, can't express what's on their minds, nobody knows them and nobody ever will<br />

Until their backs are broken and their dreams are stolen<br />

And they can't get what they want, then they're gonna get angry<br />

Well it ain't written in the papers but it's written on the walls, he way this country is divided to fall<br />

So the cranes are moving on the skyline, tryin' to knock down this town<br />

But the stains on the heartland can never be removed from this country that's sick, sad, and confused<br />

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Here comes another winter, of long shadows and high hopes<br />

Here comes another winter, waitin' for utopia, waitin' for hell to freeze over<br />

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The ammunition's being passed (This is the 51st state), and the lord's been praised<br />

But the wars on the televisions will never be explained<br />

All the bankers getting' sweaty (This is the 51st state) beneath their white collars<br />

As the pound in our pocket turns into a dollar<br />

This is the 51st state of the U.S.A.<br />

This is the 51st state of the U.S.A.<br />

This is the 51st state of the U.S.A.<br />

This is the 51st state of the U.S.A. (U.S.A.)<br />

This is the 51st state of the U.S.A.<br />

This is the 51st state of the U.S.A.<br />

This is the 51st state of the U.S.A.<br />

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