Kinks - Life on The Road - Текст песни

Ever since I was a child,

I loved to wander wild

Through the bright city lights,

And find myself a life I could call my own.

It was always my ambition

To see piccadilly,

Ramble and roam around soho

And pimlico and savile row,

And walk down the abbey road.

So I saved all my money

And packed up my clothes,

And I said good-bye to my friends

And my folks back home.

And I left for a life of my own.

I left for a life on the road.

Im a real hungry tyke,

And I know what I like.

And I know where Im goin:

To those bright city lights.

Oh yeah, oh yeah,

This time Im gonna get there.

Im bound for a life on the road.

Give me life on the road.

I said life on the road.

When I arrived in euston,

I was little more than a child.

And I didnt know then

That the dives and the dens

Would be so vulgar and wicked and wild.

Mama always told me

The city ladies were bawdy and bold.

And so I searched night and day

To catch a kissable lady,

But all that I caught was a cold,

cause those stuck-up city ladies

Didnt notice me walk by.

Now Ive got holes in my shoes

cause Ive been walkin the streets all night.

And Im livin the life that I chose.

Livin my life on the road.

I said life on the road.

I want life on the road.

Life on the road.

I was standing with the punks in praed street,

When a muscle man came my way.

He said, "hey, are you gay? 

Can you come out and play? "

And like a fool, I went and said, "o.k."

Ever since I was knee high,

I thought the city was paved with gold.

But Ive seen so many losers

And down and out boozers

Who were tired of bein bought and sold.

City women are a tease,

But Id really love to please.

Now Ive got blood shot eyes

cause Ive been walkin the streets all night.

And it sure knocks you out on the road.

And Im livin my life on the road.

I said life on the road.

Life on the road.

I want life on the road.

One of these days,

I wanna go home,

Visit my friends,

And see all the places that I used to know,

And say good-bye to a world thats too real;

Good-bye to a world thats forgotten how to feel.

And its slowly usin me,

And theres no security.

Sometimes I hate the road,

But its the only life I know.

But Im livin the life that I chose,

So Ill live out my life on the road.

Give me life on the road.

I said life on the road.

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