[ti:The London Boys (Alternative Version)] [ar:David Bowie] [al:Toy (Toy:Box)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.17]The London Boys (Alternative Version) - David Bowie [00:01.26]Lyrics by:David Bowie [00:01.65] [00:06.96]Bow Bells strike another night [00:09.72] [00:11.47]Your eyes are heavy and your limbs all ache [00:14.73] [00:17.19]You've bought some coffee butter and bread [00:20.25] [00:21.73]You can't make a thing 'cause the meter's dead [00:25.39] [00:26.93]You moved away [00:28.08] [00:32.29]Told your folks you're gonna stay away [00:35.98] [00:38.52]Bright lights Soho Wardour street [00:41.47] [00:43.22]You hope you make friends [00:44.42] [00:45.30]With the guys you meet [00:46.63] [00:48.50]Somebody shows you round [00:51.09] [00:54.33]Now you've met the London boys [00:57.46] [00:58.93]Things seem good again someone cares about you [01:07.90] [01:12.72]The first time that you popped a pill [01:15.71] [01:17.25]You feel a little queasy decidedly ill [01:21.01] [01:22.66]You're gonna be sick but you mustn't lose faith [01:26.36] [01:27.95]To let yourself down would be a big disgrace [01:31.93] [01:32.98]With the London boys with the London boys [01:39.60] [01:43.59]You're only seventeen but you think you've grown [01:47.42] [01:48.69]In the month you've been away from your parents' home [01:53.06] [01:54.19]You take the pills too much [01:57.38] [01:59.23]And you don't give a d**n about that jobs you've got [02:03.54] [02:04.54]As long as you're with your London boys [02:12.32] [02:18.64]A London boy oh a London boy [02:21.98] [02:23.10]Your flashy clothes are your pride and joy [02:27.18] [02:28.57]A London boy a London boy [02:32.78] [02:33.62]You're crying out loud that you're a London boy [02:37.79] [02:39.20]You think you've had a lot of fun [02:43.06] [02:44.03]But you ain't got nothing you're on the run [02:48.23] [02:49.31]It's too late now 'cause you're out there boy [02:55.27]You've got it made with the rest of the toys [02:58.86] [03:00.99]Now you wish you'd never left your home [03:04.20] [03:05.33]You've got what you wanted that on your own [03:09.65] [03:10.42]With the London boys [03:13.77] [03:14.81]Now you've met the London boys [03:18.80] [03:20.01]Now you've met the London boys [03:24.01] [03:25.29]Now you've met the London boys