IntroEmDCVerse 1EmDC
This city never sleeps
EmDC
I hear the people walk by when it's late
EmDC
Sirens bleed through my window sill, I can't close my eyes
EmDC
Don't control what I'm into
EmDC
This tower is alive
EmDC
The lights that blind keep me awake
EmDC
With my hood up and lace untied, sleep fills my mind
EmDC
Don't control what I'm into
[Hook]
CDEmG
London calls me a stranger, a traveller
CDG
This is now my home, my home
EmDC
Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets
EmDC
Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,
EmDC
Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the street
C
And what I do isn't up to you,
D
And if the city never sleeps then that makes two
Verse 2EmDC
The pavement is my friend
EmDC
It will take me where I need to go
EmDC
I find it trips me up, and puts me down
EmDC
This is not what I’m used to
EmDC
The shop across the road
EmDC
Fulfills my needs and gives me company, when I need it
EmDC
Voices speak through my walls, I don’t think I’m gonna make it
EmDC
Past tomorrow
[Hook]
CDEmG
London calls me a stranger, a traveller
CDG
This is now my home, my home
EmDC
Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets
EmDC
Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,
EmDC
Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the street
C
And what I do isn't up to you,
D
And if the city never sleeps then that makes two
BridgeCD
And my lungs hurt, And my ears bled,
EmG
With the sound of the city life, echoed in my head
CD
Do I need this, to keep me alive
G
The traffic stops and starts but I need to move along
Verse 3Em
I’m from a city where the rain won’t cease
DC
Pollution in the air matches that on the street
Em
The black smoke gets you head into a muddle, like
DC
Walking into elephant syringes in the puddle, like
Em
I was a country boy when I moved out
DC
Grew up too fast for my family to find out
Em
Now I try to stop my music running into nosedives
DC
Can’t resort to arrogance with white lies
Em
This city won’t erase me
DC
But I can’t help to see how this dark city changed me
Em
It’s all the same scene, music is my life
DC
But I try to fight whatever I need to hide from
Em
North, South, East, West,
DC
London’s my home now, knees weak, but we never slow down
Em
Now I start to do my music properly
DC
And stay from all the negative shit that will follow me
[Hook]
CDEmG
London calls me a stranger, a traveller
CDG
This is now my home, my home
EmDC
Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets
EmDC
Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,
EmDC
Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the street
C
And what I do isn't up to you,
D
And if the city never sleeps then that makes two
OutroEmDC
Oh, oh, I'm burning on the back streets
EmDC
Oh, oh, stuck here sitting in the back seat,
EmDC
Oh, oh, and I'm blazing on the street
C
And what I do isn't up to you,
DEm
And if the city never sleeps then that makes two
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