As I walk these streets alone through this barrow ark home
Upon the barren fields of ivory neath the stadiums of stone
Through the church styles of the angel see the homeless on the green
From the cali to the cross and every shithole in between
Past the church the mosca cracked end and the offy on the corner
See the brasses from the brothel that pretends to be a sauna
Watch the bedlam in the bookies see the winners and the losers
Seeking solace from their sorrow in the local battle cruisers
Through the madness in the market weathered faces turn to greet ya
Hello governor you're asson double pie mash and liquor
A cup of rosie the upchapp or watch retired gangsters bicker
Every day an offer's caff the little ****ers causing trouble for
The coppers make you smile you meet your markers for a couple
Forget your troubles for a while from the full nil to the hemi
All the faces are the same cause the manner might be changing
But the people still remain
No matter what whatever the weather
And my love will leave you never
My blood will forever run through the stones
As I walk these streets alone through a kingdom made of chrome
I'll see them ripping up the cobblestones tearing down our childhood homes
I'll see the architecture changing watch the history disappear
And the skyline rearranging into towers of veneer
But I'll see the remnants of a london that they thought they could erase
Every time I hear the old school talk about the good old days
Or every time I watch the football and have a ruby with the lads
See an oyster selling clumber or a dealer showing bags
It's in the single mothers juggling a baby in the job
In every single brother struggling to wind up in the dockets
It's in the roots and the foundations still clinging to the land
It's in the bricks that build the mullion and popples still stand
It's in my family and my friends in every ground and every benz
Is in the roots that we inherit when a generation ends
It's in the ruins of your youth and the faces of your past
Cause the manner might be changing but the people always last
No matter what whatever the weather
This is our anthem
And my heart will never break
My blood will forever run through the stone