Madness - Before We Was We lyrics

Chetwynd Rd and Parliament Hill
In the launderette with time to kill
Selling England by the Pound
Coming out of the underground

Stevie Wonder, in the Rainbow, Finsbury Park
Thru the exit went the final few
Zowie Bowie came to Roxy too
David Essex’s Mercedes in the dark

Falling Down - To the Sound

Prince Buster and the blue beat sound
Pink Floyd and the Dark Side (of the Moon)
Desmond Dekker and Kentish Town
Hampstead Heath & The Moon in June

Killing me softly with your song
The best years of Elton John
Highbury Corner in 73 before we was we

Falling Down - To the Sound

Crouch End in 72 ian Dury and Wilko too
Pams Moods & Huffety Puff
Labi Siffre It Must Be Love

Elvis returned with This Years Model
Got a job driving what a doddle
Thought that I might just start a band
With a couple of mates wouldn’t
They be just grand

The Four Tops and Life’s a Simple Game
David Bowie bringing out Fame
Maggie May and Nathan Jones
Wembley Stadium The Rolling Stones
Walk on the Wild Side and Barry White
Charlton Athletic Alex Harvey in the sunlight

Deaf School and the Swanky Mode
Meeting Lee Thompson on the Westbere Road
The Kilburns played the Hornsey Art School
Bizarre unconventional but Fucking Cool

This is Reggae Music Tighten Up Volume Three
Working in a rig in the North Sea
That’ll be the Day the return
Of Rock ‘n’ Roll telly Savalas & David Soul

Highbury Corner in 73 before We Was We
Highbury Corner in 73 before We Was We
Highbury Corner in 73 before We Was We
Highbury Corner in 73 before We Was We