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I recall the moment
Before it slipped away
When five green queens on a black bin bag
Meant all the world to me
And I recall the moment
More distant than it seems
When five green queens on a black bin bag
Meant all the world to me
And I recall the moment
Much closer than it seems
When five green queens on a black bin bag
Meant all the world to me
And I recall the moment
Before it slipped away
When five green queens on a black bin bag
Meant all the world to me
Five green queens and Jean
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2. |
The Old Main Drag
02:42
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When I first came to London I was only sixteen
With a fiver in my pocket and my ole dancing bag
I went down to the dilly to check out the scene
But I soon ended up upon the old main drag
There the he-males and the she-males paraded in style
And the old man with the money would flash you a smile
In the dark of an alley you'd work for a five
For a swift one off the wrist down on the old main drag
In the cold winter nights the old town it was chill
But there were boys in the cafes who'd give you cheap pills
If you didn't have the money you'd cajole and you'd beg
There was always lots of tuinol on the old main drag
One evening as I was lying down in Leicester Square
I was picked up by the coppers and kicked in the balls
Between the metal doors at Vine Street I was beaten and mauled
And they ruined my good looks for the old main drag
In the tube station the old ones who were on the way out
Would dribble and vomit and grovel and shout
And the coppers would come along and push them about
And I wished I could escape from the old main drag
And now I am lying here I have had too much booze
I've been spat on and slapped on and beat and abused
I know that I am dying and I wish I could beg
For some money to take me from the old main drag
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A Rainy Night in Soho
03:47
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I've been loving you a long time
Down all the years, down all the days
And I've cried for all your troubles
Smiled at your funny little ways
We watched our friends grow up together
And we saw them as they fell
Some of them fell into heaven
Some of them fell into hell
I took shelter from a shower
And I stepped into your arms
On a rainy night in Soho
The wind was whistling all its charms
I sang you all my sorrows
You told me all your joys
Whatever happened to that old song
To all those little girls and boys
Sometimes I'd wake up in the morning
The ginger lady by my bed
Covered in a cloak of silence
I'd hear you talking in my head
I'm not singing for the future
I'm not dreaming of the past
I'm not talking of the first times
I never think about the last
Now the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means
Still there's a light I hold before me
You're the measure of my dreams
The measure of my dreams
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4. |
Gabrielle
03:04
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Let's go down to the old West End
Where we used to go when you were my girlfriend
Take a 73 into the city
You sitting there, looking so pretty
Take you where you could shake it down, now
To the rocking part of town
Shake it up
Shake it up
Shake it up, Gab-Gab-Gab-Gabrielle
Shake it up, Gab-Gab-Gab-Gabrielle
Let's down to the old West End
Where we used to go when you were my girlfriend
Take a 73 into the city
You sitting there, looking so pretty
And though you never once gave it away
I can still remember those crazy days
We'd dance all night and sleep all day
In the old West End everybody was dancing, dancing
And though you never once gave it away
I can still remember those crazy days
We'd dance all night and sleep all day
In the old West End everybody was dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing
Do you remember? Oh
Do you remember? Oh
Do you remember?
Do you remember?
Shake it up
Shake it up
Shake it up Gab-Gab-Gab-Gabrielle
Shake it up Gab-Gab-Gab-Gabrielle
Shake it up Gab-Gab-Gab-Gabrielle
Shake it up
Shake it up
Shake it up
Shake it up
Shake it up
Shake it up
Shake it up
Shake it up
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Lullaby of London
02:32
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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 sorrow and delight
You can hear the cars and the shouts from bars
And the laughter and the fights
May the ghosts that howled around the house at night
Never keep you from your sleep
May they all sleep tight down in hell tonight
Or wherever they may be
As I walked on with a heavy heart and a stone danced on the tide
And the song went on though the lights were gone
And the north wind gently sighed
And an evening breeze coming from the east that kissed the riverside
So I pray now child that you sleep tonight
When you hear this lullaby
May the wind that blows from haunted graves
Never bring you misery
May the angels bright watch you tonight
And keep you while you sleep
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Stephen Chopek Atlanta, Georgia
Music maker in Atlanta via Memphis via Jersey City.
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