Shabby Road - Acoustic

I've been walking down your city streets
Talking to a man that I happened to meet
He took me aside
He said "I've seen all the workings close
The foreign flags bring in cheaper coal
And whole communities die
You dig for a life-time and what do you get?
Death by armchair buried in debt
Won't you take a walk with me down Shabby Road
Where an Englishman's home is his castle in the air
Cos you can't find houses for everyone anywhere
But who really cares
A shanty town sign says no vacancies
The homeless hid away in their B&B's
Their children play on the stairs
And you work for a lifetime and what do you get?
No pretty pearls just beads of sweat
Won't you take a walk with me down Shabby Road
And everybody's talking about the state of the nation
The need for investment and education
It's time for a change
But everyday the divide it grows
I see the rich getting richer while the poor get videos
And the story's the same
And you vote for a lifetime and what do you get?
A different coloured lie from a new rosette
Won't you take a walk with me down Shabby Road
Let me take you down 'cos I'm going to Shabby Road