[Verse 1]
Have you seen the old man in the closed-down market
Kicking up the paper with his worn-out shoes?
In his eyes you see no pride, and held loosely at his side
Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news

[Verse 2]
Have you seen the old girl who walks the streets of London
Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags?
She's no time for talking, no, she just keeps right on walking
Carrying her home in two carrier bags

[Verse 3]
In the all-night café at a quarter past eleven
Same old man is sitting there on his own
Looking at the world over the rim of his teacup
Each tea lasts an hour, then he wanders home alone

[Chorus]
So how can you tell me you're lonely
And say for you that the sun don't shine?
Let me take you by the hand
And walk you through the streets of London
I'll show you something that'll make you change your mind

[Verse 4]
Have you seen the old man outside the Seaman's Mission?
His memory fading with the medals that he wears
And in our winter city the rain cries a little pity
For one more forgotten hero and a world that doesn't care
[Chorus]
So how can you tell me you're lonely
And say for you that the sun don't shine?
Let me take you by the hand
And walk you through the streets of London
I'll show you something that'll make you change your mind

[Outro]
Let me take you by the hand
And walk you through the streets of London
I'll show you something that make you change your mind