Lavender Lane-The Kinks

[ti:Lavender Lane] [ar:The Kinks] [al:Muswell Hillbillies (Deluxe Edition)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Lavender Lane - The Kinks [00:22.09]Daisy and Teddy had two Cockney boys [00:25.98]And two Cockney sisters and they all shared their toys [00:29.93]With old Rosie Rooke and Peggy O'Day [00:33.79]They all lived together down in Lavender Lane [00:37.99]Lavender Lane oh my Lavender Lane [00:41.89]The people were poor and the people were plain [00:45.73]They didn't have much but they shared what they gained [00:49.65]Contented to drift along Lavender Lane [00:54.01]Oh Lord such a pity that the world's gotta change [01:01.76]All of the houses were old and decayed [01:05.73]The people were proud who lived in Lavender Lane [01:10.30]Oh Lord Lavender Lane [01:18.23]Oh Lord Lavender Lane [01:25.99]Sometimes I wanna get back home and do [01:29.38]The things we did before [01:33.78]And break down the old school tie and all the la di do dahs [01:41.10]The knobs and the toffs sent down two la di dahs [01:44.96]To mix with the people and to drink in their bars [01:48.82]They looked down their noses and they puffed their cigars [01:52.43]Instead of 'off' they say 'orf' [01:54.45]Instead of 'yeah' they say 'ya' [01:56.45]And oh Lord [02:00.26]And Ted and Daisy said 'what a shame' [02:04.46]They'll knock all the houses down for financial gain [02:08.10]And send all the people to a new town estate [02:12.97]Oh Lord they gutted Lavender Lane [02:20.52]Whoa oh they gutted Lavender Lane [02:28.22]Sometimes I wanna get back home and do [02:31.53]The things we did before [02:35.98]And break down the old school tie and all the la di do dahs [02:42.99]In the great London Council a decision was made [02:46.61]By the bright civil servants and the people in grey [02:50.63]They sent all their navvies with their buckets and spades [02:54.65]To knock all the houses down in Lavender Lane [02:58.57]But worst of all they've taken all the people away [03:08.59]Now only memories are all that remain [03:12.22]Of all of the people down in Lavender Lane [03:16.97]Oh Lord they gutted Lavender Lane [03:24.54]Whoa oh they gutted Lavender Lane [03:32.14]Whoa oh they gutted Lavender Lane [03:39.71]Whoa oh they gutted Lavender Lane