DGD
I am a London apprentice, for I never will learn a trade
GDEmA
The best that I can hope for, is from mistakes I've made
DGDA man who never made any, he never meant nothing at all
GDEmA
So Christopher Wren had to start again, when he built St. Paul'??s
I am a London apprentice, for I never will learn her ways
When I walk the streets of London, I am constantly amazed
How a road I never was on before, leads to one and all
As any cabbie will tell you, that'??s how all knowledge grows
I am a London apprentice, and I love the muddy Thames
Pushing his way through the city, just to come back again
Through plague and conflagration, and when the bombers came
A symbol of a nation, St. Paul amongst the flames
I am a London Apprentice and I'??ll accept the status quo
But a cockney must be born, within the silent spells of beau
And London'??s been a refuge, by accident or plan
So ask me who'??s a Londoner, I'??ll answer every man
I am a London apprentice, but one thing I know for sure
I'??ll tell you very bluntly with these words you can'??t ignore
Remember Doctor Johnson, who'??s wit cut like a knife
When a man is tired of London, a man is tired of life
I am a London apprentice, for I never will learn a trade
The best that I can hope for, is from mistakes I'??ve made
A man who never made any, he never meant nothing at all
So Christopher Wren had to start again, when he built St. Paul'??s
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