Outside my window
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Not long before sleep arrives
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They come with their sirens
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And they sweep away all the boys
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Busy draining the joy from their lives
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They never said their prayers out loud
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And while I'm dreaming
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There's a passing motor car
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That broadcasts a popular song
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And a girl appears to be saying
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"Do you think that I'm going to go far?"
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[Chorus 1:]
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Just look at me
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I'm having the time of my life
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Or something quite like it
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When I'm walking out and about
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In London's brilliant parade
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She's one of those girls that you just can't place
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You feel guilty desiring such an innocent face
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But of course they knew that when they cast her
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Along with the red Routemaster
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And the film takes place in an MGB
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And a perfect re-creation of "The Speakeasy"
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Everybody looks happy and twisted
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Though she probably never existed
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For old times' sake
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Don't let me awake
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I wouldn't want you to walk across Hungerford Bridge
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Especially at twilight
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Looking through the bolts and the girders
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Into the water below
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You'll never find your answer there
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They sounded the "all-clear" in the occidental bazaar
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They used to call Oxford Street
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Now the bankrupt souls in the city
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Are finally tasting defeat
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[Chorus 2:]
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Don't look at me
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I'm having the time of my life
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Or something quite like it
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When I'm walking out and about
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In London's brilliant parade
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When I'm walking out and about
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In London's brilliant parade
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From the gates of St. Mary's, there were horses in Olympia
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And a trolley bus in Fulham Broadway
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The lions and the tigers in Regents Park
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Couldn't pay their way
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And now they're not the only ones
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At the Hammersmith Palais
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In Kensington and Camden Town
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There's a part that I used to play;
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The lovely Diorama is really part of the drama, I'd say
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[Chorus 1 2x]
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London's Brilliant Parade
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| Elvis Costello |
