Joe Jackson - Down to London lyrics

Stop - what's that sound

It's the death rattle of this rusty old town

Stop - listen again

It's the sound of laughter all along the Thames

Hey - what's my line

Do I have to stay here 'til the end of time

I'm - good lookin' and bright

I wanna see life after ten at night

So if they ask you where I am

I'm in the back of a Transit Van

In a squat on the Earls Court Road

Gone down to London turning coal into gold

Down to London (2x)

Gone down to London to be the king

Hey - what's your name

The boys back home all seem to look the same

You - should stick with me

and one of us will make it, just you see

Stop - what's that sound

Seems like the sixties are still swingin' around

Hey - can you hear me back there

or is there anybody left to care

So if you ask me where they are

They're hanging tough in a Soho bar

Playing guitars in the Underground

Gone down to London tryin' to chase that sound

Down to London (2x)

Gone down to London to be the king

So I ask you should I cry or laugh

Drinking tea in a Kings Cross caf'

A leather jacket against the cold

Gone down to London turning coal into gold

Down to London (2x)

Gone down to London to be the king