London song lyrics

Artist  : Kinks 
Song : London song
 
There’s a room in a house in a street in a manor
in a borough
That’s part of a city that is generally referred
to as london
It’s a dark place, a mysterious place
And it is said that if you’re born within the
sound of bow-bells
You have the necessary qualifications to be
christened a londoner
[it’s a cruel place, it’s a hard place]
But when you think back to all the great
londoners
William blake, charles dickens, dick
whittington,
Pearly kings, barrow boys, arthur daley, max
wall
And don’t forget the kray twins

But if you’re ever up on highgate hill on a clear
day
You can see right down to leicester square
[london, london]
Crystal palace, clapham common, right down to
streatham hill
North and south, I feel that I’m a londoner still
[london, london]

Chiswick bridge to newham and east ham
Churchbells ring out through the land
You were born in london, england
[london, london, through the dark alley-ways and
passages of london]

And there’s a tap by a reservoir, leading to a
stream,
That turns into a river estuary that eventually
opens to the sea
[london, london]
And there’s a docker by a wharf, sending cargo
overseas,
Unloading foreign trade from a large ocean
vessel
In the mighty metropolitan port of london
[london, london, through the dark alley-ways and
passages of london]

When I think of all the londoners still unsung
East-enders, west-enders, oriental-enders
Fu manchu, sherlock holmes, jack spock, henry
cooper,
Thomas a’becket, thomas moore, and don’t forget
the kray twins

There’s a part of me that says "get
out"
Then one day I’ll hear somebody shout
"sounds to me like you come from london
town"

But if you’re ever up on highgate hill on a clear
day,
I’ll be there [i’ll be there]
Yes I will be there [there]
Through the dark alley-ways and passages of
london, london
London, london, through the dark alley-ways and
passages of london, london
London, london, through the dark alley-ways and
passages of london, london