They burnt down the disco, oh what a waste
And threw up a casino in its place
So you can bet all you've got on a game of chance
But there's nowhere that you can go to dance
All I want is a place to be
My own space in the flow of history
Somewhere that I can live, love and be free
We're heading into tomorrow
Waving goodbye to yesterday
We got a routemap to follow
Whatever gets lost along the way
We've come so far
But I don't know how
We're living in the here and now
We got a leisure complex and a retail park
A multiplex and the usual coffee shops
An all-you-can-eat restaurant can't be far away
But the store where you used to buy your clothes
Turned into a bar the week it closed
Now you can drink all night and through the day
And if you walk through town on any Saturday night
It's like that scene from 'It's a Wonderful Life'
That drove George Bradley to contemplate suicide
But if you feel that bar's the place where you belong
And if 'Let's Dance' is your karaoke song
Remember that it's red shoes that you put on
