[Verse 1]
I was crawling around in my head in the haze of a trance
'Til Rico said, "I'ma turn you onto a sound
Cool out your head
This is the sound from Camden town."

[Pre-Chorus]
And then I heard it like a shot from my skull to my brain
I felt my fingertips tingle and it started to rain
When the walls of my bedroom were tremblin' around me
This ramshackle voice over attack of a blue beat
Tellin' me "He's only looking for fun"

[Chorus]
And this was the sound of the very last gang in town
As heard by my wild young heart
Like directions on a cold dark night
Sayin' "Let it out, let it out, let it out, you're doin' all right."
And I heard it in his chain gang soul
How it wasn't just the same sad song
Sayin' "Let it out, let it out, let it out, you're doin' all right."

[Verse 2]
And I carried these songs like a comfort wherever I'd go
And they was there when my summers was high
And there when she left me alone
Saying, "the soul is hard to find"
[Pre-Chorus]
And I never got to tell him so I just wrote it down
I wrapped a couple chords around it then I let it come out
When the walls of my bedroom trembled around me
This ramshackle voice over attack of a blue beat
And a girl, on the excitement gang

[Chorus]
And this was the sound of the very last gang in town
As heard by my wild young heart
Like directions on a cold dark night
Sayin', "Let it out, let it out, let it out, you're doin' all right."
And I heard it in his chain gang soul
How it wasn't just the same sad song
Sayin', "Let it out, let it out, let it out, you're doin' all right."

[Outro]
That was the sound
I hear the sound
Do you hear the sound?
I hear the sound
Of the very last gang in town