Hope Street Lyrics - Levellers

There's a young boy in the queue 

Not much else for him to do 

He's had a drink, he's had a few 

Down the pub on Hope Street 

Dear old lady, you're looking thin 

Got a shopping bag with your life in 

Your old man's going through the bins 

It's down and outs on Hope Street 

Rain on me come pouring down 

Clean the dirt off this old town 

Tell the sun to come around 

And show his face on Hope Street 

There's a fight right down the street 

The betting shop has got him beat 

Blew his money for the week 

On a horse called Hope Street 

No old faces out today 

Someone took them all away 

Cleaning up or so they say 

The dirty face of Hope Street 

Rain on me come pouring down... 

Everyday I look at you 

Dressed up in your ties of blue 

Saying there's not much you can do 

To help the kids on Hope Street 

They don't seem to even care 

That it was you that put them there 

You seem to think they like it there 

Hanging out on Hope Street 

Rain on me come pouring down...