[00:01.232][00:16.202]Better stop dreaming of the quiet life[00:18.402]Cos it's the one we'll never know[00:21.033]And quit running for that runaway bus[00:23.183]Cos those rosey days are few[00:25.083]And stop apologising for the things[00:28.363]You've never done[00:30.213]Cos time is short and life is cruel[00:32.413]But it's up to us to change[00:34.464]This town called malice[00:44.532]Rows and rows of disused milk floats[00:46.832]Stand dying in the dairy yard[00:48.837]And a hundred lonely housewives clutch empty milk[00:51.788]Bottles to their hearts[00:53.938]Hanging out their old love letters[00:56.488]On the line to dry[00:58.588]It's enough to make you stop[00:59.939]Believing when tears come[01:01.442]Fast and furious[01:02.642]In a town called malice[01:03.942][01:22.497]Struggle after struggle[01:24.897]Year after year[01:26.997]The atmosphere's a fine blend of ice[01:29.197]I'm almost stone cold dead[01:31.197]In a town called malice[01:41.595]A whole street's belief in Sunday's roast beef[01:45.745]Gets dashed against the Co op[01:50.375]To either cut down on beer[01:51.675]Or the kids new gear[01:52.875]It's a big decision in a town called malice[01:55.476][02:12.051]The ghost of a steam train[02:14.001]Echoes down my track[02:16.101]It's at the moment bound for nowhere[02:18.801]Just going round and round[02:21.062]Playground kids and creaking swings[02:23.163]Lost laughter in the breeze[02:25.806]I could go on for hours and I probably will[02:28.050]But I'd sooner put some joy back[02:29.696]In this town called malice[02:39.530]In this town called malice[02:48.460]In this town called malice