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Robin Evans

Robin Evans (8 May 1944 – 19 February 1993) was an architect, teacher and historian. He grew up in Essex, England, attending British state schools where he met his wife, teacher Janet Bance - before studying Architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture (the AA), gaining his Diploma and the Bristol Prize (1969). Evans studied the history of prison architecture for his doctorate. His essays and reviews were published in journals including Lotus, Casa Bella, Architectural Review and AA Files. He lectured at the Polytechnic of Central London, the Cambridge school of architecture, England, the AA, and the Bartlett School, University College London. Evans also lectured widely in the United States at Harvard, Columbia, Pennsylvania, Princeton… more »

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My mama told me
When I was young
The air in this town
Is gonna drown your lungs
Rot your body
Blacken your mind
Son you better leave the Gastown far behind

There's no work here
Hope's been sucked dry
Go south my boy
Find yourself a better life
'Cos the shops are shut
Factory's closing down
Son you'd better leave this old Gastown

Gastown
Let me be
Gastown
I just wanna be free

So I headed south
To find some work
And I found out
Just what a man is worth
I got a job
On a pittance of pay
And the boss man worked me all night and day

And he didn't like me
He told me so
So when I spoke back
Well I had to go
But I gave him something
To remember me by
Well a punch in the mouth
And a big black eye

Gastown
I just wanna be free
Gastown, Gastown
Oh won't you let me be

The old gasometer I used to hate
Well it's skeleton reminds me of my fate
Now I'm living rough in a shop doorway
The old Gastown don't seem so grey

If I pick myself up, maybe I'll go back
'Cos the south ain't pretty
When you're off the tracks
And when I die
You can lay me down
And you can bury me
In the old Gastown

Gastown
I just wanna be free
Gastown
Oh won't you let me be

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