David Gray

Lights of London

David Gray


Was there in your cage 
When your lion got tamed 
Was up on your stage 
When your childhood flamed 
The sorrow and rage 
But it aint no game 
To me now 

All the lights in London shining now 
Slow ye down and stay awhile 
All the lights in London shining now 

Standing in line 
With these abstract gifts 
Counting the time 
As the dragnet shifts 
A quarter to nine 
and the gray cloud lifts 
Away now 

All the lights in London shining now 
Slow ye down and stay awhile 
All the lights in London falling down 

Hearing you say 
With your perspect's tongue 
Walking the way 
Where the dreams get flung 
Was never your thing 
When it all goes wrong 
To worry 
Whoa-oa 

All the lights in London shining now 
Slow ye down and stay awhile 
All the lights in London shining now 

Telling a lie 
Cause the truth just stinks 
Out in the mud 
Where the lightning sinks 
Wishing you could 
As the strip light blinks 
Away now 
Whoa-oa 

All the lights in London shining now 
Slow ye down and stay awhile 
All the lights in London falling down 

All of London falling down 
All of London falling down 
All of London