Thirty pounds but it don't work So now I'm stuck with it Tuesday night just spent some more It only made me feel like sh** Past the shops in present fear The past has all been shot Think you've been here all too long The shops I like have all gone Dusty books piling high Cobbled box of 45s Pubs where Irish wheeze and hack Rotten floorboards, I want them back Been in this sh**hole all my life Everyday somehow to strive Just another slow bus ride "Can't you see the funny side?" Is this the simple life Is this the only life Is this the city life Is this the joke of life Should I go out tonight Should I stay inside Should I stay and fight Or turn out the lights? Scottish tourists forgot the chorus Went up to t'stage and did it for us Went around the world, the wrong way round Bought all the singles that I wanted Sold them all for beer Could've gotten wine Talked about the old days all the bloody time Is this the simple life Is this the only life Is this the joke of life Is this the city life Should I go out tonight Should I stay inside Should I stay and fight Or should I turn out the lights? And the punk got f**ed by the curse of junk And the punk got f**ed by his bad luck And the punk got f**ed by the curse of junk And the punk got f**ed by his bad luck I raise my arms, drawn to the lights of the city This is somewhere cold, dirty This is somewhere full of beauty Took me to the sight of broken lies Lies that have broke are crueler spoke Need the story to have some glory Or just to keep alive a memory Is this the simple life Is this the only life Is this the joke of life Is this the city life Should I go out tonight Should I stay inside Should I stay and fight Or should I turn out the lights? You read a book about Stuart Christie Went to Spain to change our history So he said, and so he fell He's a lighthouse in your heart And someone soon will start a spark Somewhere soon the streets will brew The spectacle can't beat us all Put on your shoes, pennies not pounds Looking for something they ain't found And sing: Is this the simple life Is this the only life Should I stay and fight, go out tonight Should I turn out the lights Turn out the lights Should I stay and fight? Should I stay and fight? And the punk got f**ed by his bad luck And the punk got f**ed by the curse of junk And the punk got f**ed by his bad luck And the punk got f**ed by his bad luck Is this the simple life Is the only life Should I stay and fight Should I go out tonight Should I go out tonight Or should I stay and fight Should I go out tonight Or turn out the lights? Should I stay and fight? Or go out tonight? Or just turn out the lights?