Brick Lane - L.A. Salami

I heard that Brick Lane

Was the place to be seen if you weren’t lame

So I took the train and I made my way

But when I got there, everyone had done the same

It was such a shame because I was in pain

'Cause these skinny jeans were so tight around my waist

As was generally in with the current taste in this fixed game

'Cause if the work and play is here,

then you’re gonna need a place to stay

And we’re all willing to pay if the price is sane

But the free-to-buy landlords up and raised the stakes

To a height we just can’t make

So the cash flows from the out-of-town is comin'

With their hands in their parents' pockets for the day-to-day

But that’s okay

'Cause I went to Queens Road

That’s the main road that runs through Peckham if you don’t know

Traditionally a place the streetwives know, but I’d been told

That this was the new cool area in town, but if felt so cold

'Cause all the cheap property had been sold to the landlord guy

And you know how those guys like to put the rent so high

But I suppose that I don’t mind if it lowers violent crime

Even though there’s a huge line

outside the Bussey building now all the time

And I have to pay to get inside

I didn’t, I didn’t used to have to do that

And the cash flows from all the wealthy come in

Who seem not to like the scene that led them on

And the scene is gone

But I heard that Berlin

Was the place where you could fight time and possibly win

So I grabbed some cash and a plane and I flew right in

With only my vegan currency and my mandolin

Oh, it was quite a thing that made my head spin

'Cause there’s a ring-up up there so your cash don’t spread so thin

So I told all my arty friends and they wanted in

But none of the speak German, though, is that gonna be a thing?

I don’t know if they wanna learn the language right now

I mean, there’s no … options

I mean, with this energy from us out-of-towners comin'

And they speak English here, so what the hell could go wrong?

With doctors next to painters next to porters

All living equal in the land they settle on

I mean, it might catch on

I hear that Brick Lane

Is the place to be if you can afford the pain

Oh, it just ain’t the same