Kids in Tyne & Wear

Cover version of Kim Wilde’s Kids in America, recorded by the Toy Dolls. The song features an altered title and altered lyrics. The newly written lyrics were made by Michael Algar.

The track appeared on the English punk rock band’s 1991 album ‘Fat Bob’s Feet’. The compilation album ‘Covered in Toy Dolls’, released in 2002, also contained this track.


Lyrics

Lookin’ out a dirty old window, down below the cars in the city go rushing by
We sit here with no dosh and wonder why?
Should we catch the bus to Newcastle, we can’t be bothered with the hassle
going down, to search for some bread in this dirty town.

Down down it really is no joke,
Down down everybody is broke…

We’re the kids in Tyne & Wear
We’re the kids in Tyne & Wear
Everybody lives in the hope o’ some cash!

Bright light & music gets faster,
In the disco we can’t afford to have a dance
We could never pay two quid, not a chance
Pig sick, down the Job Center,
Much later we will be thinking never mind
You know life is cruel, life is never kind.

Find time to earn an extra bob,
Find time to do a fiddle job

We’re the kids in Tyne & Wear
We’re the kids in Tyne & Wear
Everybody lives in the hope o’ some cash!

Looking round the Metro Centre
Gotta get a brand new experience feeling rich
We can’t stop, we’re skint and we’ve got the itch.
Sunderland South Shields & Gateshead
Not a bleedin’ chance to make bread anywhere
We don’t want to go baby.

Whitley Bay across to Cumbria,
You’ll be broke if you come ‘ere

We’re the kids in Tyne & Wear
We’re the kids in Tyne & Wear
Everybody lives in the hope o’ some cash!