Streets of London-Ralph McTell

[00:00.505]Streets of London -Ralph McTell/The Crisis Choir/Annie Lennox [00:11.697]Have you seen the old man [00:14.129]In the closed down market [00:17.697]Kicking up the papers [00:20.505]With his worn out shoes [00:24.225]In his eyes you see no pride [00:27.305]And held loosely at his side [00:31.26]Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news [00:38.238]So how can you tell me you're lonely [00:45.499]And say for you that the sun don't shine [00:51.308]Let me take you by the hand and [00:54.476]Lead you through the streets of London [00:58.100]I'll show you something to make you change your mind [01:09.276]Have you seen the old girl [01:11.444]Who walks the streets of London [01:15.476]Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags [01:21.644]She's no time for talking [01:24.730]She just keeps right on walking [01:28.122]Carrying her home in two carrier bags [01:35.818]So how can you tell me you're lonely [01:42.967]And say for you that the sun don't shine [01:48.999]Let me take you by the hand and [01:51.999]Lead you through the streets of London [01:55.823]I'll show you something to make you change your mind [02:06.703]In the all night cafe [02:09.567]At a quarter past eleven [02:12.935]Same old man sitting there on his own [02:19.239]Looking at the world [02:21.663]Over the rim of his tea cup [02:25.687]Each tea lasts an hour [02:28.431]And he wanders home alone [02:33.303]So how can you tell me you're lonely [02:40.559]And say for you that the sun don't shine [02:46.471]Let me take you by the hand and [02:49.703]Lead you through the streets of London [02:53.335]I'll show you something to make you change your mind [02:59.504]Have you seen the old man [03:02.296]Outside the seamen's mission [03:05.631]Memory fading with the medal ribbons that he wears [03:12.31]In our winter city [03:14.639]The rain cries a little pity [03:18.327]For one more forgotten hero [03:21.263]And a world that doesn't care [03:26.215]So how can you tell me you're lonely [03:33.351]And say for you that the sun don't shine [03:39.498]Let me take you by the hand and [03:42.514]Lead you through the streets of London [03:46.193]I'll show you something to make you change your mind