It's springtime but I still miss the streets at dawn And in the morning walking your bridges home As I sit and stare at all of England's sores I tell you something I wish I was in Edinburgh
I don't mind being by myself Don't wanna be anywhere else Just wanna be in Edinburgh I wish I was an Edinburgh man
You can leave me on the shelf I'm an Edinburgh man myself I will always give you help
It's summertime but I still miss your spires so clear Sitting and staring on a beach somewhere I'll tell you something I wish I was in Edinburgh
Don't give a toss about private wealth And history just repeats itself Keep me away from the Festival And just give me a one quarter-gill They say you project yourself But I'm an Edinburgh man myself
It's wintertime and I still see the cobble stones Clacking over your streets at dawn I was really poor since I left Edinburgh
I'm OK just by myself Cos our miserable kinks won't protect us from ourselves How I wish I was in Edinburgh How I wish I was in Edinburgh
I was always in good health I'm an Edinburgh man myself
I will always give you help I'm an Edinburgh man myself
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