have you been to birmingham on a summer's day?
there is nothing that can quite compare
the sun shines down there, but in a different way
you can feel there's something in the air
and the leaves are greener and the grass smells sweeter
and the streets are shining - there's a silver lining
when you're there, when you're there, when you're there, yeah yeah
yeah
watching play from Wimbledon on a sunstained screen
walking late at night by the canal
stopping at an outdoor bar, taking in the scene
everything from average to banal
and the leaves are greener and the grass smells sweeter
and the streets are shining - there's a silver lining
when you're there, when you're there, when you're there, yeah yeah
yeah
you never understood, i had to go
things were just fine until i told you no - no no no no
on a street in Edgebaston I saw a wounded bird
battling to get across the road
a small car ran it over seven inches from the kerb
never saw the courage that it showed
and the leaves are greener and the grass smells sweeter
and the streets are shining - there's a silver lining
when you're there, when you're there, when you're there, yeah yeah
yeah
Have you been
to Birmingham?
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