Streets Of London

Ralph McTell

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Have you seen the

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old man in the

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closed down

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market

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Kicking up the

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paper with his

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worn out

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shoes

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In his eyes you

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see no pride

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and hanging loosely

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at his side

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Yesterdays

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paper, telling

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yesterdays

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news

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how can you

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tell me you're

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lo

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ne

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ly

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And say for you that the sun don't

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shine

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Let me take you

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by the hand

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lead you through the

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streets of London

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I'll show you

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something to

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make you change your

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mind

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Have you seen the

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old girl who

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walks the streets of

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London

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Dirt in her

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hair and her

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clothes in

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rags

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She's no time for

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talking, she

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just keeps right on

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walking

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Carrying her

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home, in

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two carrier

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bags

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how can you

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tell me you're

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lo

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ne

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ly

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And say for you that the sun don't

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shine

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Let me take you

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by the hand

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lead you through the

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streets of London

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I'll show you

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something to

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make you change your

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mind

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In the all night

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cafe at a

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quarter past e

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leven

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Same old

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man sitting

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there on his

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own

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Looking at the

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world over the

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rim of his

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teacup

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Each tea lasts an

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hour and he

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wanders home a

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lone

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how can you

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tell me you're

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lo

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ne

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ly

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Don't say for you that the sun don't

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shine

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Let me take you

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by the hand

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lead you through the

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streets of London

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I'll show you

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something to

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make you change your

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mind

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Have you seen the

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old man out

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side the seaman's

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mission

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Memory fading

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with the medal

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ribbons that he

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wears

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And in the winter

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city, the rain

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cries a little

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pity

For

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one more forgotten

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hero, and a

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World that doesn't

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care

So

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how can you

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tell me you're

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lo

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nely

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And say for you that the sun don't

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shine

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Let me take you

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by the hand

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lead you through the

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streets of London

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I'll show you

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something to

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make you change your

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mind

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