Woke up on a Manchester morning
   No sun up on the sky
   Caught the train down to London
   So broke I could make you cry
   When you get right down to it
   There's really nothing in it
  
   I got a copy of the evening paper
   If there's a job I will apply
   The DHS says it's now or never
   This is a case of do or die
  
   When it comes right down to it
   I've got to struggle through it
  
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   Put the lights way down low
   Come closer
   Tell me heroes don't fade away, they're forever
   Just a little bit of something
   Just a little bit of real
   Tell me heroes don't fade away, become a memory
   So come on darling now
   I still need to know
   Are we gonna fade away or stay forever
  
   Took a walk down to Soho
   I've got T.V. on my mind
   It says these days you have it easy
   Oh Lord, I must be blind
   When it comes right down to it
   I can see right on through it
  
   I really love my old lady
   Much more grief she can't take
   Wish I could take her somewhere fancy
   I still need that lucky break
  
   When it comes right down to it
   There's really nothing in it
  
   Repeat **
  
   And I'm dreaming of summer
   Of just me and you now
  
   But a love with no money
   How long will it ring true
  
   One big city smells like another
   I get lost in this maze
   When I get home should I lie
   The bottle's gone I'm in a daze
  
   When it comes right down to it
   I've got to struggle through it
  
   Things look bleak out of this window
   Sometimes I wanna run away
   And the light fades down this tunnel
   It merges into another day
  
   Repeat *