Wednesday 6 February 2013

Waterloo Sunset The Kinks Cover Revisited

Waterloo Sunset The Kinks Cover Revisited Tube. Duration : 3.33 Mins.


(c)1967 on album "Something Else By The Kinks". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dirty old river, must you keep rolling flowing into the night People so busy, makes me feel dizzy taxi light shines so bright But I don't need no friends as long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset I am in paradise Every day I look at the world from my window But chilly, chilly is evening time Waterloo sunset's fine Terry meets Julie, Waterloo Station every Friday night But I am so lazy, don't want to wander I stay at home at night But I don't feel afraid as long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset I am in paradise Every day I look at the world from my window But chilly, chilly is evening time Waterloo sunset's fine Millions of people swarming like flies 'round Waterloo underground But Terry and Julie cross over the river where they feel safe and sound And they don't need no friends as long as they gaze on Waterloo sunset they are in paradise Waterloo sunset's fine.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #42 of The Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time Happy Belated 66th Birthday, Ray Ray Davies started writing this a few years before The Kinks recorded it. At first, it was called "Liverpool Sunset," but when The Beatles released "Penny Lane," he changed the words so it wouldn't look like a rip-off. Waterloo Bridge is in London, and the lyrics are about a guy looking out of a window at two lovers meeting at Waterloo Station. Davies used to cross Waterloo Bridge every day when he was a student at Croydon ...

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