We Love the City

This is London, not Antarctica So why don't the tubes run all night? You are my girlfriend, not Molly Ringwald So why won't you stay here tonight? This is sixth form poetry, not Keats or Yeats And now we find the path that we both hate We love the city because it lets us down We love the city, not the suburbs that surround We love all the dirty things That lead us to think That maybe true love could be found We love the city because it's how we live We love the city 'cause it never loves us back We love it all because sometimes Even though it's hard to find It contains all the virtues we lack I am intrigued, not merely curious As to why it takes so long to change your mind I am competent, not merely adequate It's impossible for me to be unkind This is embarrassing, not merely awkward And I have ignored much greater feelings We love the city because it lets us down We love the city, not the suburbs that surround We love all the dirty things that lead us to think That maybe true love could be found We love the city because it's how we live We love the city 'cause it never loves us back We love it all because sometimes Even though it's hard to find It contains all the values we lack We can hold those aspirations down With our love and half-hearted frowns But fear alone will never bring us down That can only happen in the small towns And if you don't love me now Oh, if you don't love me now Oh, if you don't love me Then you can't have me Then you can't have me now And if you don't love me now Oh, if you don't love me now Oh, if you don't love me Then you can't have me Then you can't have me now