Streets Of London-Roger Whittaker

[ti:Streets Of London] [ar:Roger Whittaker] [al:Best Of Roger Whittaker] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Streets Of London - Roger Whittaker [00:17.76]Have you seen the old man in the closed down market [00:22.94]Kicking up the papers with his worn out shoes [00:28.18]In his eyes you see no pride hand held loosely by his side [00:33.74]Yesterday's papers telling yesterday's news [00:39.68]So how can you tell me you're lonely [00:45.49]And say for you that the sun don't shine [00:50.04]oh Let me take you by the hand [00:52.97]And lead you through the streets of London [00:56.15]I'll show you something [00:58.27]To make you change your mind [01:04.89]Have you seen the old girl who walks the streets of London [01:09.13] [01:10.22]Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags [01:15.29]She's no time for talking [01:17.79]she just keeps right on walking [01:20.54]Carrying her home in two carrier bags [01:26.71]So how can you tell me you're lonely [01:32.50]And say for you that the sun don't shine [01:37.19]oh Let me take you by the hand [01:40.00]And lead you through the streets of London [01:43.02]I'll show you something [01:45.28]To make you change your mind [01:58.70]In the all night cafe at a quarter past eleven [02:04.06]Same old man is sitting there on his own [02:08.80]Looking at the world over the rim of his teacup [02:13.97]Each tea last an hour and he wanders home alone [02:20.08]So how can you tell me you're lonely [02:25.84]And say for you that the sun don't shine [02:30.36]oh Let me take you by the hand [02:33.29]And lead you through the streets of London [02:36.47]I'll show you something [02:38.54]To make you change your mind [02:45.09]Have you seen the old man outside the seaman's mission [02:50.84]Memory fading with the metal ribbons that he wears [02:55.39]In our winter city the rain cries a little pity [03:00.36]For one more forgotten hero and a world that doesn't care [03:06.72]So how can you tell me you're lonely [03:12.49]And say for you that the sun don't shine [03:16.86]oh Let me take you by the hand [03:19.87]And lead you through the streets of London [03:23.05]I'll show you something [03:25.03]To make you change your mind