The books are heavy like stones,
And when she's finally home.
She will worry about her ankles,
He will worry about his teeth.
The books tell her what her life could be like,
And that her ankles are perfectly fine.
He doesn't floss his teeth like he should,
He'll have dentures when he's thirty-nine.

She picked a name on the map,
She made her mind up fast.
She'll get a bus and a train,
down to Canada Water.
She'll jump right in.
She'll jump right in.

She bets the water is blue,
That the sky is too.
She'll get her traveling shoes,
Down to Canada Water.
She'll jump right in,
She'll jump right in.

She's had enough of the fields,
There's too much space to get bored.
Boredom makes suburbia hateful and proud,
It makes you stupid, so you say it out loud.
She could live in a street with big iron gates,
And Parking and CCTV.
She's in spitting distance of the West End lights,
And the people are clean, rich and friendly.

She picked a name on the map,
She made her mind up fast.
She'll get a bus and a train,
Down to Canada Water.
She'll jump right in
She'll jump right in

She bets the water is blue,
That the sky is too.
She'll get her traveling shoes,
Down to Canada Water.
She'll jump right in
She'll jump right in

Goddamn the trees,
Goddamn the leaves.
Goddamn the Christian faith for making her so lazy.
The stupid English think they're British.
The clever English love the French.
She wants better food, and better sex, and better boyfriends.
She's got her mind set upon higher things
She's got her mind set upon higher things

She picked a name on the map,
She made her mind up fast.
She'll get a bus and a train,
Down to Canada Water.
She'll jump right in
She'll jump right in

She bets the water is blue,
That the sky is too.
She'll get her travelling shoes,
Down to Canada Water.
She'll jump right in
She'll jump right in