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Artist: The Kinks
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Lavender Lane
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Lavender Lane
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Daisy and Teddy had two Cockney boys
And two Cockney sisters and they all shared their toys
With old Rosie Rooke and Peggy O'Day
They all lived together down in Lavender Lane
Lavender Lane, oh my Lavender Lane
The people were poor and the people were plain
They didn't have much but they shared what they gained
Contented to drift along Lavender Lane
Oh Lord, such a pity that the world's gotta change
All of the houses were old and decayed
The people were proud who lived in Lavender Lane
Oh Lord, Lavender Lane
Oh Lord, Lavender Lane
Sometimes I wanna get back home and do the things we did before
And break down the old school tie, and all the la-di-do-dahs
The knobs and the toffs sent down two la-di-dahs
To mix with the people and to drink in their bars
They looked down their noses and they puffed their cigars
Instead of off they say orf, instead of yeah they say ya
And oh Lord
And Ted and Daisy said: What a shame
They'll knock all the houses down for financial gain
And send all the people to a new town estate
Oh Lord, they gutted Lavender Lane
Whoa-oh, they gutted Lavender Lane
Sometimes I wanna get back home and do the things we did before
And break down the old school tie, and all the la-di-do-dahs
In the great London Council a decision was made
By the bright civil servants and the people in grey
They sent all their navvies with their buckets and spades
To knock all the houses down in Lavender Lane
But worst of all, they've taken all the people away
Now only memories are all that remain
Of all of the people down in Lavender Lane
Oh Lord, they gutted Lavender Lane
Whoa-oh, they gutted Lavender Lane
Whoa-oh, they gutted Lavender Lane
Whoa-oh, they gutted Lavender Lane
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