City Song (BBC Radio One's ''John Peel Concert'' 24/6/71) - Lindisfarne

City streets I see your lies

I will not play your game

No longer will you talk to me

You think I’m going insane

But I forgot my number

Now I’m remembering my name

I’ve been too long travelling on your train

You tried your best to strangle me

But I could take the pain

You tried to hypnotize me

But I seed right through your game

And now your tatty tricks to me

Are really rather tame

I’ve been too long travelling on your train

City lights don’t shine

They glare

And your music doesn’t speak

It swears

And in your streets

The girls have forgotten why they’re there

Some day soon I know I’m going

Miles and miles away

Back to the garden where the magic children play

And to the country lady

Who knows more than I can say

Whose nights shine brighter than your day

And your city lights don’t shine

They glare

And your music doesn’t speak

It swears

And in your streets

The girls have forgotten why they’re there