Soho Jack

Lonely eyes lookin' around

Won't you tell me what you see

I've seen so many changes

Things ain't what they used to be

Playin' the blues for a pair of shoes

And I'm singing in the street

The people I knew ain't the people I know

Ain't the people I used to meet

Soho Jack, Soho Jack

I hear he's leavin' town

Sick of all the vagrancy laws

And bein' pushed around

He's headin' for the West Country

With his duffel and his old guitar

And as he leaves he's wondering

Where the people are that used to be

London town is falling down

The folk scenes disappeared

There was no place that he could go

And the disco bars were weird

Look at all those Bowery boys

With different shades of eyes

We cannot know what life's about

We haven't even tried

Soho Jack, Soho Jack

I hear he's leavin' town

Sick of all the vagrancy laws

And bein' pushed around

He's headin' for the West Country

With his duffel and his old guitar

And as he leaves he's wondering

Where the people are that used to be

And now he's down in Basel

With his back against the grind

Playin' to the fishermen

And laughing all the time

The seagulls flying overhead

Are joining in his song

They'll have to throw me in the sea

If they want to move me on

Soho Jack, Soho Jack

I hear he's leavin' town

Sick of all the vagrancy laws

And bein' pushed around

He's headin' for the West Country

With his duffel and his old guitar

And as he leaves he's wondering

Where the people are that used to be

Uh huh huh, uh huh huh

He's leavin' town and he's never comin' back

Uh huh huh, uh huh huh

He's leavin' town and he's never comin' back