Streets of London - The O'Neill Brothers Group

Have you seen the old man in the closed-down market

Place

Kicking up the papers with his worn-out shoes

In his eyes you'd see no pride hand held loosely by his side

Yesterday's papers telling yesterday's news

How can you tell me you're lonely

You say for you the sun don't shine

Let me take you by the hand

And lead you through the streets of london

I'll show you something to make you change your mind

Have you seen the old girl who walks the streets of london

Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags

She's no time for talking she just keeps right on walking

Carrying her home in two carrier bags

How can you tell me you're lonely

And say for you the sun won't shine

Let me take you by the hand

And lead you through the streets of london

I'll show you something to make you change your mind

In the all-night cafe at a quarter past eleven

Same old man sitting there on his own

Looking at the world over the rim of his tea-cup

Each tea lasts an hour then he wanders home alone

How can you tell me you're lonely

You say for you the sun don't shine

Let me take you by the hand

And lead you through the streets of london

I'll show you something to make you change your mind

Have you seen the old man outside the seaman's mission

Memory fading like the medal they wears

In our winter city the rain cries little pity

One more forgotten hero and a world that doesn't care

Can you tell me you're lonely

And say for you that the sun don't shine

Let me take you by the hand

And lead you through the streets of london

I'll show you something to make you change your mind