Working Man's Cafe-Ray Davies

[ti:Working Man's Cafe] [ar:Ray Davies] [al:The Kinks Choral Collection By Ray Davies And The Crouch End Festival Chorus] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Working Man's Cafe - Ray Davies [00:01.58]Ha ha ha ha ha [00:04.06] [00:04.57]Ha ha ha ha ha [00:07.38]Ha ha ha ha ha [00:10.59]Ha ha ha ha ha [00:13.62]La la ha ha ha [00:16.67]La la ha ha ha [00:19.73]La la ha ha ha [00:22.84]La la ha ha ha [00:25.64] [00:26.80]Looking for the working man's cafe [00:29.80]In the shopping centre of the town [00:32.86]Looking for somewhere to fit in [00:34.97] [00:35.61]In among the retail outlets [00:38.24] [00:39.10]Bought a pair of new designer pants [00:42.02]Where the fruit and veg man used to stand [00:45.12]I always used to see him there [00:46.84] [00:48.21]Selling old apples and pears [00:50.34] [00:51.31]Chatting up the pretty girls [00:53.54]With knocked off goods in the van [00:55.57] [00:56.85]Don't you know he was a working man [01:01.92] [01:02.92]Long ago he was a working man [01:08.68]And we sat and spent the time of day [01:13.44]As the working man's cafe [01:16.13]Everything around me seems unreal [01:18.94]Everywhere I go it looks and feels like America [01:26.57] [01:28.20]We've really come a long way down this road [01:31.23]Improving our surroundings as we go [01:33.97] [01:34.52]Changing our roots and culture [01:36.61] [01:37.23]But don't you know [01:38.93] [01:39.79]Long ago there was a working man [01:45.07] [01:45.77]Don't you know we were all working men [01:51.31] [01:51.90]And we'd sat and spent the time of day [01:55.97] [01:56.48]Atthe working man's cafe [01:59.93] [02:02.32]I thought I knew you then [02:04.05]But will I know you now [02:05.49] [02:07.55]There's gotta be a place for us to meet [02:10.16]I'll call you when I've found it [02:11.92] [02:14.30]I only hope that life has made us [02:16.79]A little more grounded [02:18.21] [02:18.89]Hey man I see you now [02:21.46]Oh oh we were all working men (working men) [02:29.95] [02:30.60]And here we are at the working man's cafe [02:34.35] [02:35.47]Ha ha ha ha ha [02:38.18]Ha ha ha ha ha [02:41.26]Ha ha ha ha ha [02:44.33]Ha ha ha ha ha [02:46.97] [02:48.20]It's really good to see us come so far [02:51.29]But haven't we forgotten who we are [02:54.20]Taking out a larger loan [02:56.33] [02:57.66]Equity relief and mortgages [02:59.76] [03:00.39]Now we spend the time of day [03:02.84] [03:03.48]Online at the internet cafe [03:06.70]And if you forget my face [03:09.06]In case you've forgotten just who I am [03:11.88] [03:12.65]I'm the kid with the greasy spoon [03:15.20]Firmly held in my hand [03:17.29] [03:18.27]Don't you know he was a working man [03:23.50] [03:24.34]Long ago we were all working(walking men) [03:31.13]And we sat and spent the time of day [03:34.90]At the working man's cafe [03:37.96]Du du du du du [03:39.67]Du du du du du [03:42.81]Du du du du du [03:45.39] [03:47.31]The working man's cafe