London Song-Ray Davies

[ti:London Song] [ar:Ray Davies] [al:Waterloo Sunset: The Best Of The Kinks And Ray Davies] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.69]London Song - Ray Davies [00:01.58]Written by：Ray Davies [00:02.07] [00:21.80]There's a room in a house in a street [00:23.56]In a manor in a borough [00:25.04]That's part of a city [00:26.36]That is generally referred to as london [00:27.91] [00:32.31]It's a dark place [00:33.70]A mysterious place [00:34.76] [00:35.26]London london [00:37.65] [00:40.00]And it is said that if you're born within [00:41.75]The sound of bowbells [00:42.79]You have the necessary qualifications to be christened [00:46.97]A londoner [00:48.36]It's a cruel place [00:49.57]It's a hard place [00:50.43]Ohh [00:50.65] [00:56.60]But when you think back to all the great londoners [00:59.00] [01:01.27]William blake charles dickens dick whittington [01:03.65]Pearly kings barrow boys arthur daley max wall [01:06.65] [01:08.00]And don't forget [01:09.06] [01:10.56]The kray twins [01:13.69] [01:22.70]Ohhh [01:25.11]But if you're ever up on highgate hill on a clear day [01:29.40] [01:30.66]You can see right down to leicester square london london [01:35.44] [01:38.35]Crystal palace clapham common right down to streatham hill [01:43.51]North and south I feel that I'm a londoner still london london [01:48.46] [01:51.37]Chiswick bridge to newham and east ham [01:54.23]Churchbells ring out through the land [01:56.81]You were born in london england [01:59.09]London london through the dark alleyways and passages of london [02:05.94] [02:09.10]And there's a tap by a reservoir leading to a stream [02:12.22]That turns into a river estuary [02:14.28]That eventually [02:15.10] [02:16.10]Opens to the sea [02:17.76]London london [02:19.90] [02:22.15]And there's a docker by a wharf sending cargo overseas [02:25.93] [02:27.67]Unloading foreign trade from a large ocean vessel [02:30.23]In the mighty metropolitan port of london [02:32.80] [02:33.30]London london through the dark alleyways and passages of london [02:39.58] [02:43.43]When I think of all the londoners still unsung [02:46.08] [02:48.59]East-enders west-enders oriental-enders [02:51.49]Fu manchu sherlock holmes jack spock henry cooper [02:54.49]Thomas a'becket thomas moore [02:55.61] [02:57.08]And don't forget [02:58.04] [02:58.98]The kray twins [03:02.00] [03:04.42]There's a part of me that says get out [03:07.20]Then one day I'll hear somebody shout [03:09.82]Sounds to me like you come from london town [03:12.49] [03:17.07]But if you're ever up on highgate hill on a clear day [03:20.91] [03:22.25]I'll be there I'll be there [03:26.25] [03:27.09]Yes [03:27.42] [03:28.61]I will be there there [03:35.32]Through the dark alleyways and passages of london london [03:40.61] [03:43.21]London london through the dark alleyways and passages of london london [03:51.11] [03:53.62]London london through the dark alleyways and passages of london london