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[00:11.67]The Old Main Drag
[00:17.71]The Pogues
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[00:35.08]When I first came to london I was only sixteen
[00:41.14]With a fiver in my pocket and my ole dancing bag
[00:46.87]I went down to the dilly to check out the scene
[00:52.83]And I soon ended up on the old main drag
[00:58.85]There the he-males and the she-males paraded in style
[01:04.83]And the old man with the money would flash you a smile
[01:10.42]In the dark of an alley you'd work for a fiver
[01:16.36]For a swift one off the wrist down on the old main drag
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[01:22.27]In the cold winter nights the old town it was chill
[01:27.86]But there were boys in the cafes who'd give you cheap pills
[01:33.97]If you didn't have the money you'd cajole or you'd beg
[01:39.66]There was always lots of tuinol on the old main drag
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[01:57.77]One evening as I was lying down by leicester square
[02:03.01]I was picked up by the coppers and kicked in the balls
[02:09.06]Between the metal doors at vine street I was beaten and mauled
[02:14.71]And they ruined my good looks for the old main drag
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[02:20.56]In the tube station the old ones who were on the way out
[02:26.37]Would dribble and vomit and grovel and shout
[02:32.50]And the coppers would come along and push them about
[02:38.28]And I wished I could escape from the old main drag
[02:44.61]And now I'm lying here I've had too much booze
[02:50.02]I've been spat on and shat on and raped and abused
[02:55.65]I know that I am dying and I wish I could beg
[03:01.25]For some money to take me from the old main drag