Pogues - The Old Main Drag lyrics

When I first came to london I was only sixteen<br>With a fiver in my pocket and my ole dancing bag<br>I went down to the dilly to check out the scene<br>And I soon ended up on the old main drag<br><br>There the he-males and the she-males paraded in style<br>And the old man with the money would flash you a smile<br>In the dark of an alley you'd work for a fiver<br>For a swift one off the wrist down on the old main drag<br><br>In the cold winter nights the old town it was chill<br>But there were boys in the cafes who'd give you cheap pills<br>If you didn't have the money you'd cajole or you'd beg<br>There was always lots of tuinol on the old main drag<br><br>One evening as I was lying down by leicester square<br>I was picked up by the coppers and kicked in the balls<br>Between the metal doors at vine street I was beaten and mauled<br>And they ruined my good looks for the old main drag<br><br>In the tube station the old ones who were on the way out<br>Would dribble and vomit and grovel and shout<br>And the coppers would come along and push them about<br>And I wished I could escape from the old main drag<br><br>And now I'm lying here I've had too much booze<br>I've been shat on and spat on and raped and abused<br>I know that I am dying and I wish I could beg<br>For some money to take me from the old main drag