[Verse 1] It was a lifetime's opportunity Please don't take that away from me We were there rolling our first dice No despair and having the time of our lives It was a fairground of flamboyancy Seeing the world as we wanna see it Unaware we didn't have a path Unimpaired we smiled we loved and we laughed [Chorus] And who took this away from me 'Cause it's all gone now you can't back down it's history And we can fight against the wall But it doesn't matter anymore when the public houses have become the enemy [Verse 2] I could write a book about it all The places and the countless people that we saw It will never leave my mind But now I see it's just a different time Working til our feet were numb Candles had to ends from which to burn I'll never rue the day I must have carried fifty thousand plates through public corridors A million beers and countless shots The staff that all became your friends Bring you back when life gets tense The customers you love and hate when the music nights get way too late And living in these hallowed houses The privilege it's infinite [Chorus] And who took this away from me 'Cause it's all gone now you can't back down it's history You can fight against the wall But it doesn't matter anymore when the public houses have become the enemy When the public houses have become the enemy
