Lyrics

1.  On the 3rd of December 1837

Six Top hated railway men met in the bird in the hand Peckham

They struck their lines across the roof tops of south London

And where the six crossed was Loughborough Junction

Then came the Villa’s, distemper, lace curtained

Grew and spread out over the market gardens

The Pub and the church, hearth and home

Cabbages and kings a generation gone

Chorus

And we will walk these streets together

Hearing new and old voices gone

Welcome stranger and passing friend

Seven crossings, a face that turns

2. Dog fight Hurricane over south east London

Eight Dornier bombers cutting up rough

In their scared haste to flee and to run for home

Dropped their bombs on Loughborough junction

Churchill said! How dare these cowards

Bully our people, our towns and our homes

And just like they will see a new wind approaching

The same wind that blows through Loughborough Junction

3. 1948, Welfare state

Railways, schools, hospitals

A land fit for heroes needs people to run it

Heart transplant required in south east London

The Windrush boat comes to our aid

Workers, and families, a pattern is laid

That brings new life and inspiration

He got a new job in the overground station

(And in 7 bridges it is clear

You never know who you will meet there)

4 And in the 1980 when the streets lit up and

The glass and bricks fell like rain

The burnt out cars and the corrugated iron

The frightened people of Maggie’s Britain (ran to Loughboprough Junction)

And when it was all over and the gangs (police) went home

The regeneration money was all spent on Brixton

The good neighbor and peace that was loughborough junction

Quietly and respectfully went on its way (that’s the same today)

5 Train tracks cut deep into suburbia

Commuters don’t notice as they speed over you

Born by trains and train remains

It’s what makes up our Loughborough veins

You’re not quite city not quite town,

But 0207 is ringing house prices now

And you never know what you might meet

When you got then Loughborough feet

End repeat chorus to fade

And we will walk these streets together

Hearing new and old voices gone

Welcome stranger and passing friend

Seven crossings, a face that turns

As long as I gaze up

Sung parts over end

Loughborough Junction sunset

And the world through this window

Turns fast and forgets

Terry and Julie

At loughborough junction station

Their Spanish movie in paradise

Third 2 (Lead guitar)

These streets tell a story

Charlie and Stan and the Fred karno gang

It’s the Gospel preached and the mosque faces East

And the cracks in the pavements that run so deep

And the cars and bus and the forty ton trucks

and the streets where the night never sleeps

forth 2

these streets together

Troubled footsteps a bleak inspiration

Welcome stranger and passing friend

New opportunities in loughborough junction (repeat to fade)