rode through charmister that cosmopolitan refrain
i passed its cafes and its book stores on the wane
i saw its cyber cafe and its bistro walls
i stumbled through its alleyways and felt its sad remorse
charminster where students haunt the streets of cars and bikes
where shadows hide the poverty of sad eyed gals and dyke's
charminster where cemetery hides the loss of war
whe shops and fruit parade the streets of the sad eyed daffodils
charminster for banking with student loans and loss
where tossers walk the streets at night and monies at a loss
where noise and bustle haunt my head and inner sanctuary
charminster where church and dime are ranked in majesty
charmister where bedsit land is stacked three storeys high
where Indian and Chinese meet with granmas apple pie
charminster the squalor aside the wealth and shame
where car sale ranks and taxis meet to ride homeward again
charminster where trees are hid behind the streets of loss
where students walk with tourists bored and ladies taunt their worth
the lights at night are calling me with smells of aromatic lust
charmister home of the sad and housing land and trusts