Louis Dunford - London's Requiem lyrics

As I look out upon my city
So bright and so pretty
Under this black London sky
And get lost in this maze
Of concrete and stone tales of sex
Drugs and romance and victims of bad chance
The kids who live and die by the knife
So many lives lost but so
Few stories are told
From the tramps on the pavements
With a ten-year engagement
To a needle and a bottle of wine
No kind words spoken
But to die alone and broken
Is the fate of the poor
‘Cause the drugs are a hеaler
On every cornеr a dealer
Prescribing his medicine so fine
But his patients will suffer a fate
That no doctor could cure

Oh, no, have you heard the news today?
They say London's burning down once again
And from the streets
You hear the people sing
From the streets, you hear the London requiem

As the sirens of the night
Play out the London lullaby
A sound that sends a chill down your spine
A sound that echoes through this artificial
Ghetto we call London town
‘Cause the armies of the street
They march for victory, not defeat
And though their mothers told them
Never to play with knives
Another solider of sixteen, no older
Will fall to the ground
But still the sirens carry on long after
His body is dead and gone
And will ring through
These streets forevermore
He won't be the only boy to die
Lonely on the cold London stone
Other sisters and brothers
Other fathers and mothers
Will wait for a knock upon their door
Their poor young solder of sixteen, no older
Did not make it home

Oh, no, have you heard the news today?
They say London's burning down once again
And from the streets
You hear the people sing
From the streets, you hear the London requiem

But that's just the everyday
Nothing seems to change all that we know
Is the bills get paid
So we can stay in this shit hole

Oh, no, have you heard the news today?
They say London's burning down once again
And from the streets
You hear the people sing
From the streets, you hear the London requiem