Uploaded November 2015 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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The Silencers are a Scottish rock band formed in London in 1986 by Jimme O'Neill and Cha Burns, two ex-members of the post-punk outfit Fingerprintz. Their music is characterised by a melodic blend of pop, folk and traditional Celtic influences.

lyrics :

Survive
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Shipwrecked sailors in a 4 letter show
Based on a book by Daniel Defoe
Where the lights are high and the cotton is low
And all God's children are ready to go
New York New York's a wonderful town
The Bronx is up
And the Battery's down
The people ride in a hole in the ground

Robinson Crusoe in New York
Robinson Crusoe in New York

Well I'm sick of being a square in a Rubik Cube
Sick of seeing the world through a cathode ray tube
Where they're building schools on a nuclear mud
And the price of oil is paid in blood
Manhattan's like a fairground in the dark
So I'll find a little island in Central Park
Plant a few seeds and grow a few beans and
Maybe make the cover of Time Magazine

Robinson Crusoe in New York
Robinson Crusoe in New York

Robinson Crusoe in New York
Robinson Crusoe in New York
Robinson Crusoe in New York
Robinson Crusoe in New York

Robinson Crusoe

I've a bootleg heart and an electronic eye
Well I'm over 21
I'm not ready to die

Robinson Crusoe in New York
Robinson Crusoe in New York

Old New York's a wonderful town
Old New York's a wonderful town

Blah blah blah
Robinson who?
The city
The city
The city

Old New York's a wonderful town
Old New York's a wonderful town
Old New York's a wonderful town
Old New York's a wonderful town