Ode to NCP

So farewell then to NCP

Your prices went up assiduously 

So everybody stayed away

The Whitgift Centre died each day

A little more, a little more

As rubbish built up on the floor

Your lifts began to smell of pee

And only worked irregularly

Your staff were replaced by ANR

Prices just went up some more

The punters left for Purley Way

Where it's free to park all day

The shops you served went belly up

Staircases often smelled of crap

Ratcheting prices higher and higher 

You milked your cash cows drier and drier

The shops you served all boarded up

Slowly you too went belly up

Sainsbury's shut and Superdry

Continental Cafe said goodbye

Poundland also shut its doors

Florists, Currys and Jewelers 

All buggered off to pastures new

Leaving nobody but you

Footfall became miniscule 

And no one would be such a fool

As to visit the Whitgift Centre 

You bled it dry till no one went there