My daddy got here on the gravy train
 I guess my mama had a real bad start to the game
 They went walking and she took his name
 Round here

 There was dancing in the afternoons those days
 Waiting tables, chasing girls with the money he made
 It was 1957, and love felt the same, love felt the same

 Frightened little girl, she makes a break
 Into the arms of... something better
 Round here

 I hear my mama call in Kingsbury Park
 Just me and David and a football that glowed in the dark
 Waiting patiently to make my mark
 Round here

 And I remember my first day at school
 And I remember trouble, and thinking I was so cool
 I remember it all, like yesterday

 Don't you

 Every time I try to leave this place
 Something inside says, "You can do better"
 Round here

 [bad word] with me, let me show you where I've lived
 I want to put my hands in this earth again
 Music fell like rain to the streets
 The Specials and The Jam, to The Beat
 Even though I think I've seen everything there is to see of this world
 I gotta be thankful that this crowded space
 Is the place of my birth

 When all that I wanted, was to be someone.

 Two little Hitlers in an old church hall
 Some cheesy covers and those neighbours that banged on the walls
 Andy says it's time to show them all
 Round here

 Please sir, we two have other plans
 Please sir you would not understand,
 What's going on
 Is magical, can't you see
 That some of us do more than dream

 Every time I try to leave this place
 Something inside says, "Keep on keeping, on and on...."
 Around here

 [bad word] with me, let me show you where I've lived
 I want to put my hands in this earth again
 Music fell like rain to the streets
 The Specials and The Jam, ABC
 Even though I think I've seen everything there is to see of this world
 I gotta be thankful that this crowded space
 Is the place of my birth

 My birth,
 In this town,
 Yes I guess I got to be someone

 To be somebody
 In the Beautiful city

 This place I call home
 These streets of London
 It's everything I know (everything and everybody)
 On the streets of London
 I want to thank you

 My daddy got here on the gravy train.