A413 Revisited Songtext
von John Otway

Gonna drift on down to the county town
The place where I was born
Gonna ask my childhood sweethart
To tell me how I′ve done
I always used to worry a lot
About what I'd become
I guess its really only her
Who will know if I have won

There′s a reunion at the Grange County Secondary School
Where there's a bunch of us
Thrown together at a formative age -
We couldn't pass our 11+
Strange lesson at the age of eleven
To find that life ain′t chance
And if at first you don′t succeed
You've already been a failure once


From Amersham to Missenden, to Wendover to the Vale of Aylesbury
That′s me, heading down the 413
From Amersham to Missenden, to Wendover to the Vale of Aylesbury
That's me, heading down the 413

I′m gonna wonder in to the Bell Hotel
At the bottom of the market square
I'll ask the girl behind the bar
If they still do bands in there
I′ll tell her I've written something new
Can I get my guitar
There might be someone who remembers me
From 1974

The Bucks Herald is the local paper
Serving the community
I'm gonna ask the editor
If they′ll do a piece on me
I can say that I′ve had some new photos done
And I'm sure they′ve got some archive stuff
I guess they will do something
If the hit gets high enough


From Amersham to Missenden, to Wendover to the Vale of Aylesbury
That's me, heading down the 413
From Amersham to Missenden, to Wendover to the Vale of Aylesbury
That′s me, heading down the 413
(Repeat