Of all the bars and all the pubs\\
And all the late night drinking clubs\\
[[You had to walk into them all]]\\
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You've been drinking to forget\\
You need to keep your thinking set\\
On what you did before the war\\
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Before the bugler changed his tune\\
When everything was [[Mills and Boon]]\\
And lovers kissed beneath the stars\\
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Now they've flattened all the flats\\
It's time to batten down the hatch\\
With another whisky from the bar\\
\\
And drink yourself under the table\\
Terrestrial TV and cable\\
The wireless and the Internet\\
Remind us what we're drinking to forget\\
\\
It's something more than just the guilt\\
You can't be sure, you must have killed\\
But you really can't be sure\\
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When progress moves so fast\\
It leaves us in the past\\
With platform shoes and dinosaurs\\
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Close your eyes and count to ten\\
Forget the whys and wheres\\
And when you feel sober\\
It still isn't over\\
There's more\\
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Sell your house\\
And change your name\\
Because you'll never be the same man\\
That you were\\
Before the war\\