G D
Have you seen the old man
Em C
in the closed down market
G
Kicking out the papers
Am D
with his worn out shoes
G D
In his eyes you see no pride,
Em Hm
hanging loosely by his side
C G
Yesterdays paper
D G
telling yesterdays news
Am7 C G D Em
So how can you tell me you’re lonely
Am D
And you say that for you the sun don’t shine ?
G D
Let me take you by the hand
Em Hm
and lead you through the streets of London,
C G
I’ll show you something,
D G Am7
that’ll make you change your mind
Have you seen the old girl
who walks the streets of London ?
Dirt in her hair
and her clothes are all in rags.
She’s no time for talking,
she just keeps on walking,
carrying her home
in two old shopping bags
So how can you tell me you’re lonely
And you say that 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,
that’ll make you change your mind
In the all night cafe
at a quarter to eleven
Same old man
sitting there alone
Looking at the world
over the rim of his tea cup
Each tea last an hour
then he wanders home alone
So how can you tell me you’re lonely
And you say that 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,
that’ll make you change your mind
Have you seen old man
outside the seamen’s mission
Memoty fading
with the metal ribbons he wears
I this lonesome city
the rain cries a little pity
For one more forgotten hero
in a world that doesn’t care
So how can you tell me you’re lonely
And you say that 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,
that’ll make you change your mind