The Life and Times of the Clerkenwell Kid

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Well let me tell you the story about the way I live My streets are steep-toed secrets My memories are myths If Clerkenwell's the cradle, I'm the kid Day one I defined myself Bohemian by birth Disposed with the doctor, made out with the nurse Yeah I was born a bastard, then I just got worse I'm the kid Who lives In the city I guess [Verse 2] The chimneys and the gutters are the place that I call home The junkies, whores and nutters call me their very own I pick it up in Bloomsbury, shoot up the city road Get down in the sewers, [?] And you don't be concerned with the things they said I did I ain't got no regrets, no one to forgive I ain't talking gangsters, and that east-coast west-coast shit No one calls me homeboy, I'm the Clerkenwell Kid [Short Instrumental] [Outro] I've done my share of cheatin' and deceivin' but I tell you I know no other way So please believe me when I say (Clerkenwell Kid) And you're just sitting pretty in this city all alone Come and join me, make my world your own We'll dance forever, out into the blue Waltz together, underneath the London moon