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From the heart of the Southern Downs, to the North-East London reservoirs,
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From the start, the land scaped my sound, before I'd ever been to America.

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And if I knew anybody who played pedal steel guitar,
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I'd get them in my band and then my band would get real far,
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But I was raised in middle England, and not in Nashville Tennessee,
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And the only person in my band is me.

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A simple scale on an old guitar, and a punk rock sense of honesty.
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I cannot fail, I've got this far with no knowledge of mid-west geography.

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And if I knew anybody who played pedal steel guitar,
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I'd get them in my band and then my band would get real far,
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But I was raised in middle England, and not in Nashville Tennessee,
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And the only person in my band is me.

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   And yes I'm in four-four time, and yes I use cheap cheap rhymes,
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But I try to make a sound my own.
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   I know I don't break new ground, many have travelled this sound,
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But I try to make it sound like home.

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Well I've been to Texas state, I didn't think it was that fucking great,
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And Nebraska is just a bunch of songs,
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Holloway and Hampshire where I belong.
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And I don't know anybody who plays pedal steel guitar,
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All the city roads are twisted and I do not own a car.
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I was raised in middle England, and not in Nashville Tennessee,
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And the only person in my band is me.