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Sofa-surfing
is not really ideal.

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I'd prefer to have my own place,

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where you've got your own privacy.

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You can't do your own thing.
You've got to ask their permission.

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Like, 'Can I go and get a wash?'
or, 'Can I...?'

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Like, you can't just go
and help yourself to food.

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You've got to wait 'til they have
a meal and they offer you something,

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cos you feel cheeky asking.

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This week, I've stayed
mainly on the streets,

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and tonight I will be sleeping
at my friend's house.

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One of my friends lives over there,
called Becky, yeah.

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She lets me stay there
a couple of nights sometimes.

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That one there.

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I don't stay in one place too long
because I think

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everybody still needs
their own privacy.

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I know they say they don't mind me
staying there but...

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Deep down, I know they're
thinking to themselves

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they want their own space.

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So, that's when I
get up and go again.

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I've slept in this park...

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I've lost count really.

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It's been on and off
since I was 14 years old.

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If I don't have a place
I can stay with any friends,

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then I will come down here and sleep.

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I find it safe because
there are cameras and things.

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Like, I wouldn't sleep
in the town centre.

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It's out of the way of people
who come down and cause trouble,

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who don't like homeless people.

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We're just walking over to the place
where I normally sleep on a night.

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This is the main place where I sleep

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depending on what the weather's
been like.

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This is it.

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I normally just put my sleeping bag
and my cover down there.

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Down that part there.

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If this part is too muddy,
then I'll go around to the next bit.

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This is my usual life,

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walking about everywhere
from day to day

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because, like, when I'm not
sleeping on the streets,

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I am actually sofa-hopping.

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I can't stay in the houses
when the people go out,

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so when they go out,
I have to go out,

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and then I just walk about
until I get a phone call.

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I've had a phone call
saying I can go back now

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to where I'm sleeping tonight
on my friend's sofa,

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so I'm going to go.

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All right. Bye.