- published: 24 Oct 2014
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Coordinates: 56°20′25″N 2°47′44″W / 56.3404°N 2.7955°W / 56.3404; -2.7955
St Andrews (Latin: S. Andrea(s);Scots: Saunt Aundraes;Scottish Gaelic: Cill Rìmhinn) is a former royal burgh on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Dundee and 30 miles (50 km) northeast of Edinburgh. The town is home to the University of St Andrews, the third oldest university in the English-speaking world and the oldest in Scotland. The University is an integral part of the burgh, and during term time students make up approximately one third of the town's population. St Andrews has a population of 16,680, making it the fifth largest settlement in Fife.
The town is named after Saint Andrew the Apostle. There has been an important church in St Andrews since at least the 8th century, and a bishopric since at least the 11th century. The settlement grew to the west of St Andrews cathedral with the southern side of the Scores to the north and the Kinness burn to the south. The burgh soon became the ecclesiastical capital of Scotland, a position which was held until the Scottish Reformation. The famous cathedral, the largest in Scotland, now lies in ruins.
(Spoken) Speak the truth and speak 'ever
Cost it what it will
For he who hide the wrong he did
Did the wrong thing still
Come back sweet St. Anne, come love me again
Cause I'm broke again, broke, broke
Yeh I'm broke again, broke, broke
And down on St. Andrew
I'll buy it back from you
But you ain't no lover, lover, lover
No, no your just a pusher, pusher, pushing, pushing
I've been down to St. Andrew
To pay for my sins on you
Love come save me
Love come save me soon
Now I've sung midnight choirs
With beatsets, drunks and liars but there's never fighting, fighting, fighting
No never got higher, higher, higher
So long since I walked a road
Amongst these midnight souls
They were only stealing, stealing, stealing
Yeah we're stealing for feeling, feeling, feeling
I've been down to St. Andrew
To pay for my sins on you
Love come save me, love come save me soon
Yeah love come save me soon
Love come save me soon
Yeah love come save me
Love come save me soon
One day my time will end
And who I've been I've been
And bells they are ringing, ringing, ringing
Yeah the band it is marching, marching, marching, marching
I've been down to St. Andrew
To pay for my sins on you
Love come save me
Love come save me soon
Yeah love come save me soon
Yeah love come save me soon
Yeah love come save me