London Girl Lyrics

Ignacio lay dying in the sand A single red rose clutched in a dying hand The women wept to see their hero die And the big black birds gathered in the sky Mother of all our joys, m...Read Full Lyrics

You told me tales of love and glory Same old sad songs, same old story The sirens sing no lullaby And no-one knows but lorelei By castles out of fairytales Timbers shivered where o...Read Full Lyrics

I just want to see you When you're all alone I just want to catch you if I can I just want to be there When the morning light explodes On your face it radiates I can't escape I lov...Read Full Lyrics

As I walked down by the riverside One evening in the spring Heard a long gone song From days gone by Blown in on the great north wind Though there is no lonesome corncrake's cry Of...Read Full Lyrics

I dreamt we were standing By the banks of the thames Where the cold grey waters ripple In the misty morning light Held a match to your cigarette Watched the smoke curl in the mist ...Read Full Lyrics

Mary's selling flowers On a stall in ec1 Tonight she'll be out looking for some fun Her mate gerry's in the basement He hasn't got a home But prides himself that he's got most thin...Read Full Lyrics

It was 1962 and I was Two years out of school When I got on board a boat That was bound for Liverpool The day we sailed away I remember it so well Took one look at the North Wall A...Read Full Lyrics

In the days when I was courtin', I was seldom done resortin' In the ale house and the playhouse, And many's the house between I told me brother Seamus, I'll go off and get right fa...Read Full Lyrics

You got to weep You got to wail You got to drag yourself on hands and knees bleeding Another mile along the trail You got to laugh in the face of the devil When he's hanging on to ...Read Full Lyrics

The canals and the bridges, the embankments and cuts, They blasted and dug with their sweat and their guts They never drank water but whiskey by pints And the shanty towns rang wit...Read Full Lyrics