Band: Ralph McTell
Album: (unknown album)
Song: Streets of London

Have you seen the old man 
In the closed down market 
Kicking up the papers with his worn out shoes 
In his eyes you see no pride 
Hands held loosely at his side 
Yesterday's paper, telling yesterday's news

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 something 
To make you change your mind

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 talking
She just keeps right on walking
Carrying her home in two carrier bags

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 something 
To make you change your mind

In the old night cafe at a quarter past eleven 
The same old man sitting there on his own 
Looking at the world over the rim of his teacup 
Each tea lasts an hour, and he wanders home alone

So how can you tell me that 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 something
To make you change your mind

Have you seen the old man 
Outside the seaman's mission 
Memory fading with the minor ribands that he wears 
In our city winter the rain cries little pity 
For one more forgotten hero 
And a world which doesn't care

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 something 
To make you change your mind

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