Hull

Rick Prime:
I have travelled far and wide,
From the East unto the West,
I coasted from the Scillies through
The Midlands to the Mull,
No learning I denied,
And in this mood of zest
I came home and took a job
As a mechanic based in Hull;

I have abseiled the Grand Canyon
To the Colorado's side,
I have crossed the Rio Grande,
I have lived life to the full,
I have rafted on the waters of
Niagara's teeming tide,
And now I work at Kwikfit
on a business park in Hull

for Hull is the capital of desolate desire,
Each provincial little business
Considers itself fine,
Every tradesman is a thief,
A bootleg and a liar,
Yet in Hull there is no measure
of success as broad as mine,
For success in Hull is measured
On a very narrow line
Between poverty, depravity
And criminally dull,
To achieve your bold ambitions
You must look into the fires
That burn above horizons seen from roads
When leaving Hull;

I have sailed the seven seas
on a bottom built of Oak,
I have climbed the highest mountain
and I've sheared New Zealand wool,
I have seen the perished wilderness
and perished mule and yoke,
Now i am sadly ancient and
And I live central Hull.