It's another world here
 The streets are gleaming
 I was even dreaming
 that they're paved with gold
 Seventeen at half past ten
 All the crowds are surging past
 An electric display

 There's another world here
 below shop windows
 upon the pavement
 where you wave good-bye
 Boys and girls
 [bad word] to roost
 from Northern parts
 and Scottish towns
 Will we catch your eye?

 While you pretend not to notice
 all the years we've been here
 We're the bums you step over
 as you leave the theatre

 It's another world here
 Somebody's singing
 I was only wishing
 for a bit of cash
 from a patron of the arts
 or at least The Phantom of the Opera
 Will I catch your eye?

 While you pretend not to notice
 all the years we've been here
 We're the bums you step over
 as you leave the theatre

 (Everybody Everybody Everybody Everybody
 Everybody Everybody Everybody Everybody) 

 Pavarotti in the park
 and then you walked back up the Strand
 Did you catch my eye?

 And then pretend not to notice
 all the years we've been here
 We're the bums you step over
 as you leave the theatre

 In the end, you pretend
 'cause it's so much easier
 We're the bums you step over
 as you leave the theatre
 We're the bums you step over
 as you leave the theatre