Night Drive in London

Boarded up flats on estates where gangs go to fight Homeless asleep in shop doorways bed down for the night Takeaway drivers feed armchair football fans On line shopping in Tesco delivery vans Driving at night through London Town Driving at night through London Town Black cabs with yellow for hire signs in the rain The night bus to Clapham south of the river again All night petrol with windows to pay for your fuel Groups on street corners with kids trying to look cool Driving at night through London Town Driving at night through London Town City workers asleep on trains to the coast Sorters and porters prepare to deliver the post Tube trains rattling through metropolitan sprawl Bentleys in Knightsbridge reduced to a crawl Driving at night through London Town Driving at night through London Town