Well girls they go for passion and thrillers And they wonder who, whodunnit now They're suckers for autopsies And the killer with the quiff They're out in council houses on the lay-by Swapping tales and cigarettes They're watching the detectives And they watch their silhouettes Yeah Oh hopefully, so hopefully We'd tie our shoes in a knot You'd say "Go!" and ready or not We'd both run with all that we'd got from this town Oh nothing happens here It was a choice that you made Yeah years later that's what you'd say That I got away but you're here to stay in this town Only dust can settle here We'd sit and watch the lasses and the fellas As they'd set up on the village green And once a year we'd blow it On a night out at the fair Yeah We'd try our moves on Lorna and Rebecca But it never seemed to get us none And when I think back All we ever really did was stare Yeah Oh Hopefully, so hopefully We'd tie our shoes in a knot You'd say "Go!" and ready or not We'd both run with all that we'd got from this town Oh nothing happens here It was a choice that you made Yeah years later that's what you'd say That I got away but you're here to stay in this town Only dust can settle here I picture you in the pub here in the corner And you wonder what's become of me But now I see you really don't remember me at all Your name was always in the first eleven That was pinned up on the village green But now you're only coaching Cause they tell you you're too old No Oh Hopefully, so hopefully We'd tie our shoes in a knot You'd say "Go!" and ready or not We'd both run with all that we'd got from this town Oh nothing happens here It was a choice that you made Yeah years later that's what you'd say That I got away but you're here to stay in this town Only dust can settle here Only dust can settle here Only dust can settle here Well girls they go for passion and thrillers They're suckers for autopsies And the killer with the quiff