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Artist: The Kooks
Canonical path: /the-kooks/it-was-london
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It Was London
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It Was London
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It was in London
Where we heard the revolution
From Covent Garden
All the way down to Brixton
It was in Tottenham
Man got shot by a policeman
A young girl went to test them
Went up against the system
Oh, oh, I don't know
Who are you
Who are you
On the television
Of course they blame
The youth for disruption
Cause they took Fortnum & Mason
And nothing said about the shooting
Just the looting
It was in London
It was in London
And it was thunder
Caught between love and anger
From Trafalgar
All the way up to Camden
Can you believe this is London?
Can you believe this is London?
Can you believe this is London?
Can you believe this is London?
Can you believe this is London?
Can you believe this is London?
Can you believe this is London?
London town, London town
London town, London town
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