De Song
The Streets of London by Ralph McTell
The Streets of London
Opname : 1969
Uitgebracht : 1969, 1970,1971, 1974, 2017
Album : Spiral Staircase
Schrijver.: Ralph McTell
Componist : Ralph McTell
Opname studio. : Regent Studios
Record label : Reprise records
Lengte song : 4:06
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Succes van het nummer
NL charts : hoogste ranking nummer 9
Top 2000 : Hoogste positie 766 ( 2005)
UK charts : nummer 2
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Op het hoogtepunt verkocht McTell 90.000 singles per dag
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Songtekst
Have you seen the old man
In the closed down market
Kicking up the papers
With his worn out shoes?
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In his eyes, you see no pride
Hand held loosely at his side
Yesterday's paper
Telling yesterday's news
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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
Show you something to make you change your mind
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Have you seen the old girl
Who walks the streets of London
Dirt in her hair
And her clothes in rags?
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She's no time for talking
She just keeps right on walking
Carrying her home
In two carrier bags
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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
Show you something to make you change your mind
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In the all night cafe
At a quarter past eleven
Same old man
Sitting there on his own
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Looking at the world
Over the rim of his tea cup
Each tea lasts an hour
And he wanders home alone
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So, how can you tell me you're lonely?
Don't say for you that the sun don't shine
Let me take you by the hand
And lead you through the streets of London
Show you something to make you change your mind
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Have you seen the old man
Outside the seaman's mission
Memory fading with
The medal ribbons that he wears?
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In our winter city
The rain cries a little pity
For one more forgotten hero
And a world that doesn't care
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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