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Streets of London
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Ralph McTell
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Have you seen the old man down by the closed down market Kicking up papers with old, worn out shoes In his eyes you see no pride And held so loosely by his side Yesterday's papers, yesterday's news And how can you say that you're lonely And say for you the sun don't shine Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of London I'll show you somethin' to make you change your mind Have you seen the old girl who walks the streets of London Dirt in her hair and her clothes all in rags She's got no time for talkin' She just keeps right on walkin' Carrying her home in two carrier bags And how can you say that you're lonely And say for you the sun don't shine Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of London I'll show you somethin' to make you change your mind In the all-night cafe and a quarter past eleven Same old man sitting there all on his own Gazing at the world Past the rim of his teacup Each tea lasts an hour, then he wanders on alone And how can you say that you're lonely And say for you the sun don't shine Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of London I'll show you somethin' to make you change your mind Have you seen the old man down by the seaman's mission Memory fading like the medals that he wears In our winter city The rain cries little pity One more forgotten hero in a world that doesn't care And how can you say that you're lonely And say for you the sun don't shine Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of London I'll show you somethin' to make you change your— How can you say that you're lonely (mind) And say for you the sun don't shine Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of London I'll show you somethin' to make you change your mind
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