have you been to birmingham on a summer's day?
there is nothing that can quite compare
the sun shines down there, but in a different way
you can feel there's something in the air

and the leaves are greener and the grass smells sweeter
and the streets are shining - there's a silver lining
when you're there, when you're there, when you're there, yeah yeah yeah

watching play from Wimbledon on a sunstained screen
walking late at night by the canal
stopping at an outdoor bar, taking in the scene
everything from average to banal

and the leaves are greener and the grass smells sweeter
and the streets are shining - there's a silver lining
when you're there, when you're there, when you're there, yeah yeah yeah

you never understood, i had to go
things were just fine until i told you no - no no no no

on a street in Edgebaston I saw a wounded bird
battling to get across the road
a small car ran it over seven inches from the kerb
never saw the courage that it showed

and the leaves are greener and the grass smells sweeter
and the streets are shining - there's a silver lining
when you're there, when you're there, when you're there, yeah yeah yeah

Have you been to Birmingham?