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Streets of London (feat. The Crisis Choir & guest vocalist Annie Lennox)

Ralph McTell

Adult Contemporary

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Streets of London (feat. The Crisis Choir & guest vocalist Annie Lennox)

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Annie Lennox

Vocals

The Crisis Choir

The Crisis Choir

Vocals

Ralph McTell

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Ralph McTell

Composer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Have you seen the old man in the closed down market

Kickin' up the papers with his worn-out shoes?

In his eyes, you see no pride, and held loosely at his side

Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news

[Verse 2]

So how can you tell me you're lonely

And say for you that 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

[Verse 3]

Have you seen the old girl who walks the streets of London

Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags?

She's no time for talkin', she just keeps right on walkin'

Carrying her home into the cab in the bags

[Verse 4]

So how can you tell me you're lonely

And say for you that 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

[Verse 5]

In the all-night cafe, at a quarter past eleven

Same old man sitting there on his own

Lookin' at the world over the rim of his teacup

And each tea lasts an hour and he wanders home alone

[Verse 6]

So how can you tell me you're lonely

And say for you that 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

[Verse 7]

Have you seen the old man outside the Seaman's Mission

And everything he lives with, the medal ribbons that he wears?

And in our winter city, everyone cries a little busy

For one more forgotten hero and a world that doesn't care

[Verse 8]

So how can you tell me you're lonely

And say for you that 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

Written by: Ralph McTell

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