The Old Main Drag-The Pogues

[ti:The Old Main Drag] [ar:The Pogues] [al:Just Look Them Straight In The Eye And Say... PogueMahone!!] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Old Main Drag - The Pogues [00:35.14]When i first came to london i was only sixteen [00:40.67] [00:41.46]With a fiver in my pocket and my ole dancing bag [00:46.76] [00:47.64]I went down to the dilly to check out the scene [00:52.71] [00:53.38]And i soon ended up on the old main drag [00:59.08] [00:59.89]There the he males and the she males paraded in style [01:05.78]And the old man with the money would flash you a smile [01:11.64] [01:12.37]In the dark of an alley you'd work for a five [01:17.66] [01:18.24]For a swift one off the wrist down on the old main drag [01:24.36]In the cold winter nights the old town it was chill [01:30.38]But there were boys in the cafes who'd give you cheap pills [01:36.63]If you didn't have the money you'd cajole or you'd beg [01:41.97] [01:42.66]There was always lots of tuinol on the old main drag [01:48.66] [02:01.44]One evening as i was lying down by leicester square [02:07.28]I was picked up by the coppers and kicked in the balls [02:13.39]Between the metal doors at vine street i was beaten and mauled [02:19.53]And they ruined my good looks for the old main drag [02:25.17] [02:25.93]In the tube station the old ones who were on the way out [02:31.01] [02:31.73]Would dribble and vomit and grovel and shout [02:37.32] [02:37.84]And the coppers would come along and push them about [02:43.33] [02:44.02]And i wished could i escape from the old main drag [02:49.68] [02:50.74]And now i'm lying here i've had too much booze [02:56.35]I've been shat on and spat on and raped and abused [03:02.01] [03:02.52]I know that i am dying and i wish i could beg [03:08.15] [03:08.67]For some money to take me from the old main drag