Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes
Is a place I’ve never been
I just know you steal football teams
And have roundabouts in your dreams

And concrete cows, and you had a wooden tower
That Look East talked about for almost an hour
Because from the top you could see – a snow dome.
Wow.
A snow dome.

But I’ve never been to your snow dome, because I live in Peterborough
Where for many years we have had a dry ski slope
And on hot... warm summer days we can slide down nylon.
And if we want snow, we can go round the back of the ice rink
Where there is a heap of the stuff that little kids can pile on.

Oh Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes
Is a place I’ve not been near
Because I don’t need to go to Ikea
We have got the warehouse here. And they deliver.
Our best festival is all about beer
And the council tax is not too high.

So keep your MK
I’m from the PE
Real cows beat concrete
Parkways beat roundabouts
Longthorpe Tower beats your wooden thing
And we don’t want to be on Look East anyway

Oh Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes
We were both New Towns in planners’ dreams
And maybe one day I’ll come down
If you get to be a city, and not just a town