Like a bad penny in your pocket
Like a beggar wanting pity
That old chestnut’s here again
Blackburn wants to be a city
In your doorway on Darwen Street
Where you feel like a brass monkey
It really makes no difference at all
Whether Blackburn becomes a city
Blackburn supported Cromwell
While Preston supported the Crown
The royalty has never forgiven us
We’ll always stay a town
We couldn’t watch the Life of Brian
To Accrington we had to go
While national censors allowed it
Blackburn’s councillors said No!
Councillors know what’s best for us
They call it local democracy
But have any of them ever asked you
If we should be a town or a city?
Councillors in their chambers
Having a right good natter
Is Blackburn a town or a city?
Does it really matter?
They’ll still be closing pubs down
And Covid will still be in action
Turning Blackburn into a city
Is just a mild distraction
A city with no nightlife
Isn’t going to succeed
Town centre pubs back open
Is what we really need
Rovers fans will lament
They’ll be feeling down
No nay never no more
England’s most successful town
Does it make you lose sleep
Blackburn a town or city
All that’s going on in the world
Is it such a difficulty?
