Writers: Leo Sayer & Alan Tarney

imagine the space as it used to be 
there were fields of corn 
there were big oak trees 
but a woman in a suit bulldozed it clear 
built a concrete world full of crocodile tears 

and we don't understand 
that we all have a part in a government plan 
it's a hard shot 
to be the people in the place that the world forgot 
in a paperback town 

but I know I know I know we can be free 
though no guardian angel up above 
has kept an eye on me 
and at night I listen to the sirens moan 
for a broken heart from a broken home 
so many people are so alone 
in a paperback town 

and one day soon I'm gonna write it all down 
I live my life in a paperback town 

oooh--in a paperback town 
oooh--in a paperback town 

I'm gonna take my troubles 
gonna pack my bags 
gonna fly my kite for a different flag 
I'll sing my song 
From the top of the hill 
when the night is cold 
and the wind is chill 

'cos I don't understand 
why I should be part of another man's plan 
it's a hard shot 
for the people in the place 
that the world forgot 
in a paperback town 

live and die here 
in a paperback town 
wonder why here 
in a paperback town 

but I know I know I know we can be free |
though no guardian angel up above 
has kept an eye on me 
and at night I listen to the rain fall down 
and I shake with the fear that we all will drown 
but my words don't even make a sound 
in a paperback town 

and one day soon I'm gonna write it all down 
I live my life in a paperback town