Life On the Road - The Kinks




Ever since I was a child 




I loved to wander wild




Through the bright city lights 


And find myself a life I could call my own 




It was always my ambition




To see Piccadilly 




Ramble and roam around Soho




And Pimlico and Savile Row 




And walk down the Abbey Road 




So I saved all my money




And packed up my clothes 




And I said good-bye to my friends




And my folks back home 




And I left for a life of my own 




I left for a life on the road 




I'm a real hungry tyke 




And I know what I like 




And I know where I'm going




To those bright city lights 




Oh yeah  oh yeah 


This time I'm gonna get there 




I'm bound for a life on the road 




Give me life on the road 




I said life on the road 




When I arrived in Euston 




I was little more than a child 


And I didn't know then


That the dives and the dens




Would be so vulgar and wicked and wild 


Mama always told me




The city ladies were bawdy and bold 




And so I searched night and day


To catch a kissable lady 


But all that I caught was a cold 


'Cause those stuck-up city ladies




Didn't notice me walk by 




Now I've got holes in my shoes


'Cause I've been walkin' the streets all night 




And I'm livin' the life that I chose 




Livin' my life on the road 




I said life on the road 




I want life on the road 




Life on the road 




I was standing with the punks in Praed Street 




When a muscle man came my way 




He said  "Hey  are you gay 


Can you come out and play "


And like a fool  I went and said  "O K "


Ever since I was knee high 


I thought the city was paved with gold 




But I've seen so many losers


And down and out boozers


Who were tired of bein' bought and sold 




City women are a tease 




But I'd really love to please 




Now I've got blood shot eyes




'Cause I've been walkin' the streets all night 




And it sure knocks you out on the road 




And I'm livin' my life on the road 




I said life on the road 




Life on the road 




I want life on the road 




One of these days 


I wanna go home 


Visit my friends 




And see all the places that I used to know 




And say good-bye to a world that's too real;




Good-bye to a world that's forgotten how to feel 




And it's slowly usin' me 


And there's no security 




Sometimes I hate the road 




But it's the only life I know 




But I'm livin' the life that I chose 




So I'll live out my life on the road 




Give me life on the road 




I said life on the road 





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