[00:38.55] This town is coming like a ghost town
[00:44.82] All the clubs have been closed down
[00:51.41] This place is coming like a ghost town
[00:58.15] Bands won't play no more
[01:02.22] Too much fighting on the dance floor
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[01:36.98] Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town?
[01:43.12] We danced and sang as the music played in any boomtown
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[02:15.87] This town is coming like a ghost town
[02:19.78] Why must the youth fight against themselves?
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[02:26.29] Government leaving the youth on the shelf
[02:28.88] This place is coming like a ghost town
[02:32.61] No job to be found in this country
[02:35.23] Can't go on no more
[02:40.01] The people getting angry
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[03:07.61] This town is coming like a ghost town
[03:14.28] This town is coming like a ghost town
[03:21.00] This town is coming like a ghost town
[03:27.26] This town is coming like a ghost town
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The Specials, also known as the Special A.K.A., were an English 2 tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. The first stable lineup of the group consisted of Terry Hall and Neville Staple on vocals, Jerry Dammers on keyboards, Lynval Golding and Roddy Radiation on guitars, Horace Panter on bass, John Bradbury on drums, and Dick Cuthell and Rico Rodriguez on horns. Their music combined the danceable rhythms of ska and rocksteady with the energy of punk. The lyrics of their songs inclu...
