The people round here   They just laugh and they sneer   And they never appear to cry   Sit in their chair   With their arms in the air   And they don't seem to care till they die      But I know that the grass is greener on the other side of the council estate   No car but I won't go far if I haven't the patience to wait      I bit my lip until it bled   'Yes please' was all I ever said   Now it seems that I'm closer to dreams   Than I thought I would ever be      I bit my lip      I tried to explain   About the fear and the pain   But they say I complain about nothing   My head in my hands   And my feet in the sand   Perhaps you'd understand that it's something      But I know that the sky is bluer on the other side of the playing fields   No map but I know that I can follow the way that I feel      I bit my lip until it bled   'Yes please' was all I ever said   Now it seems that I'm closer to dreams   Than I thought I would ever be      I bit my lip      But I know that the sky is bluer on the other side of the playing fields   No map but I know that I can follow the way that I feel      I bit my lip until it bled   'Yes please' was all I ever said   Now it seems that I'm closer to dreams   Than I thought I would ever be   I bit my lip