There's a room in a house in a street in a manor in a borough
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That's part of a city that is generally referred to as London
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It's a dark place, a mysterious place
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And it is said that if you're born within the sound of Bow-Bells
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You have the necessary qualifications to be christened a Londoner
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[It's a cruel place, it's a hard place]
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But when you think back to all the great Londoners
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William Blake, Charles Dickens, Dick Whittington,
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Pearly kings, barrow boys, Arthur Daley, Max Wall
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And don't forget the Kray twins
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But if you're ever up on Highgate Hill on a clear day
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You can see right down to Leicester Square [London, London]
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Crystal Palace, Clapham Common, right down to Streatham Hill
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North and South, I feel that I'm a Londoner still [London, London]
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Chiswick Bridge to Newham and East Ham
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Churchbells ring out through the land
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You were born in London, England
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[London, London, through the dark alley-ways and passages of London]
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And there's a tap by a reservoir, leading to a stream,
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That turns into a river estuary that eventually opens to the sea
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[London, London]
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And there's a docker by a wharf, sending cargo overseas,
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Unloading foreign trade from a large ocean vessel
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In the mighty metropolitan port of London
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[London, London, through the dark alley-ways and passages of London]
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When I think of all the Londoners still unsung
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East-enders, West-enders, Oriental-enders
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Fu Manchu, Sherlock Holmes, Jack Spock, Henry Cooper,
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Thomas A'Becket, Thomas Moore, and don't forget the Kray twins
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There's a part of me that says "Get out"
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Then one day I'll hear somebody shout
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"Sounds to me like you come from London Town"
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But if you're ever up on Highgate Hill on a clear day,
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I'll be there [I'll be there]
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Yes I will be there [there]
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Through the dark alley-ways and passages of London, London
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London, London, through the dark alley-ways and passages of London, London
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London, London, through the dark alley-ways and passages of London, London
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London Song
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| Ray Davies |
