Badly Drawn Boy

Tony Wilson Said
Shout out to the city Like Tony Wilson said Wrong number Chicago and New York Dial Manchester instead We're driving through Rusholme Moss side and Whalley Range Get caught on the wrong side of the law in this town They'll treat you in Strangeways He symbolised and crystallised freedom A King with no crown He left more than a million footprints All over this town What of Factory Records? With their contracts signed in blood And halfway to London he turned his car round Somehow just knew he would Outside The Apollo The jewel of Ardwick Green Stone's throw from the Boardwalk The Hacienda, on the corner of Whitworth Street He symbolised and crystallised freedom A King with no crown He left more than a million footprints SongtexteAll over this town Some might call it a treason A King with no crown And he turned to face His troubles down To fight for our freedom Turned his Jaguar round And the wheels kept turning The wheels kept turning To the Cottonopolis To the Cottonopolis Shout out to the city Like Tony Wilson said Wrong number Chicago and New York Dial Manchester instead Shout out Factory Records With their contracts signed in blood It's true that not only do the good die young But only the young die good He symbolised and crystallised freedom A King with no crown He left more than a million footprints All over this town He symbolised and crystallised freedom A King with no crown He left more than a million footprints All over this town Aus Songtexte Mania