[ti:Streets Of London]
[ar:Tony Rice]
[al:Church Street Blues]
[by:]
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[00:00.00]Streets Of London - Tony Rice
[00:13.96]Have you seen the old man
[00:16.52]In the closed down market
[00:19.36]
[00:20.19]Kicking up the paper
[00:21.88]With his worn out shoes
[00:25.58]In his eyes you see no pride
[00:28.33]Hand held loosely at his side
[00:31.85]Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news
[00:37.18]
[00:38.62]So how can you tell me that you're lonely
[00:45.14]And say for you that the sun don't shine
[00:48.72]
[00:50.63]Let me take you by the hand and
[00:53.48]Lead you through the streets of london
[00:57.23]I'll show you something
[00:59.62]To make you change your mind
[01:02.39]
[01:05.57]Have you seen the old girl
[01:08.00]Who walks the streets of london
[01:11.06]
[01:11.75]Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags
[01:17.17]She's no time for talking
[01:19.44]
[01:19.96]She just keeps right on walking
[01:22.45]
[01:23.54]Carrying her home in two carrier bags
[01:28.63]
[01:30.34]So how can you tell me that you're lonely
[01:36.06]
[01:36.97]And say for you that the sun don't shine
[01:40.62]
[01:42.53]Let me take you by the hand and
[01:45.21]Lead you through the streets of london
[01:48.24]
[01:49.02]I'll show you something
[01:50.69]
[01:51.28]To make you change your mind
[01:53.64]
[02:08.50]In the all night cafe
[02:10.82]At a quarter past eleven
[02:13.29]
[02:14.48]Same old man is sitting there on his own
[02:19.53]
[02:20.21]Looking at the world
[02:22.41]Over the rim of his tea cup
[02:25.76]Each tea last an hour
[02:28.67]Then he wanders home alone
[02:31.26]
[02:33.01]So how can you tell me that you're lonely
[02:39.05]
[02:39.56]And say for you that the sun don't shine
[02:43.16]
[02:45.02]Let me take you by the hand and
[02:47.76]Lead you through the streets of london
[02:51.21]I'll show you something
[02:54.09]To make you change your mind
[02:56.68]
[02:59.82]And have you seen the old man
[03:02.57]Outside the seaman's mission
[03:05.18]
[03:05.71]Memory fading with
[03:07.97]The medal ribbons that he wears
[03:11.70]In our winter city
[03:14.40]The rain cries a little pity
[03:17.68]For one more forgotten hero
[03:19.86]
[03:20.40]And a world that doesn't care
[03:23.17]
[03:24.85]So how can you tell me that you're lonely
[03:30.72]
[03:31.58]And say for you that the sun don't shine
[03:35.47]
[03:37.10]Let me take you by the hand and
[03:39.82]Lead you through the streets of london
[03:43.34]I'll show you something
[03:45.28]
[03:45.95]To make you change your mind