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Artist: Sparklehorse
Canonical path: /sparklehorse/london
Related lyric paths: 6
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London
Read London lyrics by Sparklehorse on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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London
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I wander through each chartered street,
Near where the chartered thames does flow,
And mark in every face I meet
Marks of weakness, marks of woe
In every cry of every man,
In every infant's cry of fear,
In every voice, in every ban,
The mind-forged manacles I hear.
How the chimney-sweeper's cry
Every blackening church appalls,
And the hapless soldier's sigh
Runs in blood down palace walls
But most, through midnight streets I hear
How the youthful harlot's curse
Blasts the new-born infant's tear
And blights with plagues the marriage hearse
I wander through each chartered street,
Near where the chartered thames does flow,
And mark in every face I meet
Marks of weakness, marks of woe
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Sparklehorse performs "London", and this lyric page sits inside the Sparklehorse catalog on LyroVerse.
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