Dismal City - Robyn Hitchcock

Give me a rainy, grey, drizzly day

I feel okay when the skies are grey

Like a bullfrog in the reeds

A tiny pulse is all i need

Dismal city

That’s where i belong

Dismal city

It’s got it going on

Your idea of fun’s not mine

I like to go where the sun don’t shine

Sunlight falls it’s much too harsh

I’d rather bloat in a cool dank marsh

Dismal city

That’s where i belong

Dismal city

It’s right here in this song

Through the endless grey parade

Of terraced houses in the shade

To the statues in the park

Where moss grows in the dark

Dismal city

That’s where i belong

Plump & round on a lilipad

I think of you and i ain’t half glad

Too much brightness is a blight

Twilight’s where i feel alright

Dismal city

That’s where i belong

Dismal city

I love it when it all goes wrong

England is a dismal place

Woah oh-oh oh-oh

I’ve got england on my face

Woah oh-oh oh-oh

Don’t get too big for your boots

And don’t stray too far from your roots

Negative, not moi, you know

I need someplace to go

Dismal city

That’s where i belong

Dismal city

I love it when it all goes wrong

Dismal city

It’s got it going on

Dismal city

That’s where i belong

Oh yeah