Streets Of London - Roger Whittaker

作词：Ralph McTell

作曲：Ralph McTell

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

Hand held loosely by his side

Yesterdays papers telling yesterdays news

So how can you tell me your 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 your 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 all night cafe at a quarter past eleven

Same old man is sitting there on his own

Looking at the world

Over the rim of his teacup

Each tea last an hour

And he wanders home alone

So how can you tell me your 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 seamans mission

Memory fading with the metal ribbons

That he wears

In our winter city the rain cries a little pity

For one more forgotten hero

And a world that doesn't care

So how can you tell me your 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