This is the story of the Liberty Of Norton
Old Jack Norris, the shrimp and the cadging ramble...
A little bit of this, would you like a bit of
But in weather like this, you should wear a coat, a warm hat A needle and thread the stitches of time Levinsky versus Jackie Burk Bobbing and weaving, an line
So step for step and light on our feet We'll travel many along dim silent
Would you a bit of this, or a little bit of that? (Misses) A little bit of what you like does you no harm, you know The perpetual steady echo of the passing A continual dark river of In it's and in it's permanence But, when the streetlamp fills the with gold So many priceless items bought and
So step for step and both light on our We'll travel along dim silent street (together)
round Arnold Circus, and up through Petticoat Lane Past the well of shadows, and once round again Arm in arm, with an air To where the stare Out of the windows Because we are living kings And days will last forever
Cos sailors Africa, China and the archipelago of Malay Jump ship ragged and penniless into Tiger Bay The and Irish wagtails, mothers of midnight The music hall carousel out into bonfire light Sending half crazed shadows, giants dancing up the wall Of Mr Trumans factory, waving, bottles ten feet tall
Whether one it Spitalfields, Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets Or Banglatown. We're all dancing in the moonlight, all On ground.
Oh, I'm just walking down to, I'm floating down through you come with me, to the Liberty of Norton Folgate But wait! What's Dan And the golem
Purposefully walking nowhere, oh I'm happy just floating (Have a banana) On a Sunday afternoon, the stallholders all and shout To in particular Avoiding people you know, you're basking in you're own company The world's going by, but you're the lead in your own movie
Cos in the Liberty of Norton Walking wild and free, in your hand coat, Happy just to In little taste of liberty A of everything you see
They're left and right to flog you stuff you don't need or want And a chap takes your hand And drags you in his restaurant (ee-yar, ee-yar, ee-yar)
There's a Chinese man trying to flog you moody DVDs You know? seen the film, it's black and white, it's got no sound And a man's head up and down Right your widescreen TV (Only a fiver) ('Ow much?) (Alright, two for quid) (Ee-yar, ee-yar, look, I'm it away) (Givin' it away!)
Cos in the Liberty of Norton Walking wild and free, in second hand coat, just to float In this little piece of You're a of everything you see
the sturdy old fellows, pickpockets, dandy's, extortioners And night wanderers, the feeble, the ghastly, upon death Had placed a very hand, Some in and patches, Reeling inarticulate of noisy and inordinate vivacity That discordantly upon the ear And gives an sensation to both pair of eyeballs (Noisy and vivacity)
ahhhhhh ahhhhh etc etc
In the beginning was a fear of the In the beginning was a of the immigrant He's made his way down to the riverside
In the beginning was a fear of the In the beginning was a of the immigrant He's made his home there down by the dark
ahhhhhh ahhhhh etc etc
He made his there down by the riverside They their homes there down by the riverside The city up from the dark river Thames
made their home there down by the riverside They their homes there down by the riverside The city up from the dark mud of the Thames I'll say it
(Ha ha ha, right)
'Cos in the Liberty of Norton Walking and free And in your second hand Happy just to In little taste of liberty Cos a part of everything you see Yes, you're a part of you see
a little bit of this And a bit of that A bit of what you like does you no harm And you know
ahhhhhh ahhhhh etc etc (repeat to end)