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In the dark of an alley
you would work for a five
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For a swift one off the wrist
down on the old main drag
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In the cold winter nights
the old town it was chill
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But there were boys in the cafes
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Who'd give you cheap pills
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If you didn't have the money
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You'd cajole and you'd beg
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There was always lots of Tuinal
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On the old main drag
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One evening as I was lying
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Down in Leicester Square
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I was picked up by the coppers
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And kicked in the balls
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Between the metal doors at Vine Street
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I was beaten and mauled
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And they ruined my good looks
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For the old main drag
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In the tube station
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The old ones who were on the way out
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Would dribble and vomit
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And grovel and shout
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And the coppers would come along
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And push them about
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And I wished I could escape from
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The old main drag
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And now I am lying here
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I have had too much booze
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I've been spat on and shat on
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And raped and abused
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I know that I am dying
and I wish I could beg
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For some money to take me
from the old main drag