From the recording Every Road
Lyrics
I’m going down to Londontown
Please look me up cuz I’m going down
Oh and the joys that can be found
In the square mile and all around
and though I’ve never been there I heard they say it rains every other day
But we’ll just take the Tube and make our way
and we’ll visit the tower that once ruled and see the Crown Jewels
Just like out-of-towner tourist fools, nothin better to do
I’m going down to Londontown
South England keeps on sinking down
Oh no it’s post glacial rebound
If the Thames floods we all might drown
And we’ll catch a live show at the Borderline and have a real good time
Soho moves in rhythm and in rhyme
And we simply must call us a cabbie to see Westminster Abby
now Isaac Newtons tomb is not too shabby
Come with me let’s go and see
Londontown oh sweet Londontown
La la la la London
Romans in 43AD were not the first people, it was the Britons
Vikings had ravaged the land until Alfred the great king of Anglo-Saxons
William the Conqueror’s Norman invasion crowned him as the king of England
King James commissioned the Scriptures be translated from their original tongues
Isaac Watts wrote hymns of doctoral substance with words that reflected the heart
Charles Haddon Spurgeon would preach to the masses like painting a fine work of art
1908, 1948, 2012 the Olympics were held
Sebastian Coe and Kelly Holmes could run a bit faster than everyone else
Arsenal, Chelsea, Fulham, Tottenham Hotspurs, West Ham United ...football
Buckingham palace, Kensington Gardens, Tower Bridge and the Royal Albert Hall
Everyone knows that The Eye isn’t one of those two things recessed in your head
I am perceiving and always believing that London’s best days are ahead.