This Town Is Boring - Skyhooks

Well, I jumped a plane for the Greek Isles

Ouzo and moonlight had me all smiles

A villa, a yacht and a private beach

I thought happiness was in my reach.

Jackie O she like my tan

Jackie O said I was her man

Then one night I walked in the door

I looked in the mirror, this is what I saw.

This town is boring, this town is dead

This town ain’t what it used to be This town ain’t the place for me.

So I travelled to London and points in between

And everywhere else that I ain’t been

I felt everything that there was to feel

Made my money on the roulette wheel.

I did a hundred things I hadn’t done before

Looking for something and something more

I was getting tired of messin' about

One night in Soho, I just had to shout.

This town is boring, this town is dead

This town ain’t what it used to be This town ain’t the place for me.

This town is boring, this town is dead

This town ain’t the place for me.

Now New York is New York on Seventh Avenue

People and places and things to do Where the rat race reaches its peak

Ten million people playing hide and seek.

So I was surprised when someone said to me

'What's it like in your town I’m goin' there you see ?'

'Ain't nothin' happenin' in this dirty old town'

'I need some excitement, I gotta get down'.

We all gotta get up and go to work

Go home and cook the dinner

And if you’re in Tangiers or Kathmandu

That don’t mean you’re on a winner.

In Manhattan or Paris, you can hear people say

'This town is boring, I gotta get away'

'If I had the money, I’d leave today'

'This town is boring and I can’t stay'.

This town is boring, this town is dead

This town ain’t what it used to be This town ain’t the place for me.

This town is boring, this town is dead

This town ain’t what it used to be This town ain’t the place for me.

This town is boring, this town is dead

This town ain’t what it used to be This town ain’t the place for me.