Top Songs By Joe Jackson
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Joe Jackson
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Joe Jackson
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Joe Jackson
Producer
Ed Roynesdal
Producer
Lyrics
Stop, what's that sound?
It's the death rattle of this rusty old town
Stop, listen again
It's the sound of laughter all along the Thames
Woah-oh-oh-oh
Hey, what's my line?
Do I have to stay here 'til the end of time?
I'm, good lookin' and bright
I wanna see life after ten at night
So if they ask you where I am
I'm in the back of a Transit Van
In a squat on the Earls Court Road
Gone down to London changing coal into gold
Down to London
Down to London
Gone down to London to be the king
Gone down to London to be the king
Hey, what's your name?
The boys back home all seem to look the same
You, should stick with me
And one of us will make it, just you see
Woah-woah-woah
Stop, what's that sound
Seems like the '60s are still swingin' around
Hey, can you hear me back there
Or is there anybody left to care?
And if you ask me where they are
They're hanging tough in a Soho bar
Playing guitars on the Underground
Gone down to London tryin' to chase that sound
Down to London
Down to London
Gone down to London to be the King
Gone down to London to be the King
So I ask, you should I cry or laugh?
Drinking tea in a Kings Cross Caff'
A leather jacket against the cold
Gone down to London changing coal into gold
Down to London
Down to London
Gone down to London to be the king
Gone down to London to be the king
Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo, ah-ah-ah
Written by: Joe Jackson