Streets of London (feat. The Crisis Choir & guest vocalist Annie Lennox)
Ralph McTell
Pop contemporaine pour adulte
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Crédits
INTERPRÉTATION
Annie Lennox
Chant
The Crisis Choir
Chant
Ralph McTell
Interprète
COMPOSITION ET PAROLES
Ralph McTell
Composition
Paroles
[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
