[Verse 1]
Well, we're breaking down the windows and kicking down doors
Cigarette, burned fingers, empty bottles galore
This is nothing, but it's something
This is London, and it's our town

Well you say do this but don't do that
Just follow in the footsteps of your old man
He was nothing, was he something?
This is London, and it's our fucking town

[Pre-Chorus]
We don't need no testimony
Fix yourself up, 'cause you're such a phony

[Chorus]
We try, but you lie
And when you lie, we ask why
'Cause this is London

[Verse 2]
And you know you'd like to do this but you don't know how
C'mon Mr. Big Shot try to figure us out
Cause we're nothing, but we're something
This is London, and it's our town

You can punch in, clock out, this is the way
A fair day's work for a fair day's pay
Gives you nothing, gives you something
To call your life, so you can waste it away

[Pre-Chorus]
We don't need no testimony
Fix yourself up, cause you're such a phony

[Chorus]
We try, but you, you lie
And when you lie, we ask why?
'Cause this is London

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
We try, but you, you lie
And when you lie, we ask why
(Cause we're gonna try)
We try
(We ask you why)
But you, you lie
(Cause we're gonna try)
And when you, you lie
(We ask you why)
We ask why
This is London
Cause this is London
Cause this is London

[Outro]
(Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na) We ask why
(Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na) Cause we're gonna try
(Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na) We're asking why
(Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na) Cause we're gonna try
(Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na) Cause we're gonna try