The Angel (North London Forever) [Live From Hammersmith] - Louis Dunford: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

The Angel (North London Forever) [Live From Hammersmith]

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The Angel (North London Forever) [Live From Hammersmith] was released on January 26, 2024 by RCA Records Label as a part of the album Live from Hammersmith

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Louis Dunford

Performer

Harry Mead

Drums

Tommy Sheen

Synthesizer

Adam Prendergast

Adam Prendergast

Bass

Jimmy Burgess

Guitar

Joe Glossop

Piano

Bea Munro

Background Vocals

Fraser MacColl

Programming

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Louis Dunford

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

James Mellor

Mixing Engineer

Jamie Hickey

Recording Engineer

Kevin Tuffy

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

This song I wrote in my bedroom as a little love letter to my hometown

What it's gone on to be is nothing to do with me

And it's all to do with you lot

So thank you from the bottom of my heart

Thank you all for being here

This has been one of the best nights of my night

Uh, of my life, I'll never forget it

Be lucky, Hammersmith, I'll see you soon

This is called "The Angel"

This is for Stuart McFarlane

As I walk these streets alone

Through this borough I call home

Upon the barren fields of Highbury

'Neath the stadiums of stone

Through the turnstiles at The Angel

See the homeless on the green

From The Cally to The Cross

And every shithole in between

Pass the church, the mosque, the crack den

And the offie on the corner

See the brasses from the brothel

That pretends to be a sauna

Watch the bedlam in the bookies

See the winners and the losеrs

Seeking solace from their sorrows

In the local battle cruisers

Through the madness in the market

Weathered faces turn to greet ya

"Hello, governor, how's your mother?

You alright, son?" (Be lucky, geezer)

Double pie and mash and liquor

A Cuppa Rosie Lee up Chapel

Or watch retired gangsters bicker

Every day in Arthur's café

The little fuckers causing trouble

For the cozzers make you smile

You meet ya muckers for a couple

Forget your troubles for a while

From The Thornhill to The Hemmy

All the faces look the same

'Cause the manor might be changing

But the people still remain

North London forever

Whatever the weather

These streets are our own

And my heart will leave you never

My blood will forever

Run through the stone

As I walk these streets alone

Through a kingdom made of Chrome

I see them ripping up the cobbles

And tearing down our childhood homes

I see the architecture changing

Watch the history disappear

And the skyline rearranging

Into towers of veneer

But I see the remnants of a London

That they thought they could erase

Every time I hear the old school

Talk about the good old days

Or every time I watch the football

And have a ruby with the lads

See an hoister selling clobber

Or a dealer shooting bags

It's in the single mothers juggling

A baby and a job

In every single brother struggling

That wound up in the dock

It's in the roots and the foundations

Still clinging to the land

It's in the bricks that built the Morland

And Popham that still stand

It's in my family and my friends

In every gram and every Benz

It's in the roots that we inherit

When a generation ends

It's in the ruins of your youth

And the faces of your past

'Cause the manor might be changing

But the people always last

North London forever

Whatever the weather

These streets are our own

And my heart will leave you never

My blood will forever

Run through the stone

Be lucky, Hammersmith, I love y'all

Goodnight, be blessed

Written by: Louis Dunford

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