My daddy got here on the gravy train   I guess my mama had a real bad start to the game   They went walkin' and she took his name, round here      There was dancin' in the afternoons, those days   Waitin' tables, chasin' 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   Waitin' patiently to make my mark, round here      And I remember my, my first day at school   And I remember trouble and thinkin' 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      So come 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 everythin'   There is to see of this world   I gotta be thankful that this crowded space   Is the place of my birth   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 keepin', on and on", around here      So come with me, let me show you where I've lived   I wanna 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 everythin'   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   (This place I call my home)      These streets of London   (This place I call my home)   It's everythin' I know   (Everythin' and everybody)      On the streets of London   (I wanna thank you, thank you)   This place I call my home   (I wanna thank you, thank you)      Daddy got here on the gravy train   Daddy got here on the gravy train   Daddy got here on the gravy train