The sound of sobbing rose and fell around the streets of Clerkenwell
As I walked from snack bar to cafe
I stopped awhile to dry my eyes and heard Italian voices crying
Ciao Regattzo E'Com esta
And the anger that I feel right now would stretch from Clerkenwell to Napoli
There's so much more to life, so much more to life
Than Little Italy

Mi dispiaccci mi amor
I don't love you anymore
Those were the words she said to me
And I remember squares and cold canals and washing lines and alleyways
And through this London air this comes to me

And it took so long to realise they simply spoke a different tongue to me
You spoke about your life, spoke of your life
In Little Italy

And the people that moved away from there who didn't have your privellige
And you can't choose this life you found
You couldn't choose the Brooklyn Bridge
Or a small cafe in EC3

And as Italian voices swell it just leaves me the rain of Clerkenwell
And you the sun and poverty of Napoli

You take Cappuccino and Parma Ham, I take Nescafe and Spam
And I know I'll never make you see
There was a time once long ago, there was a time when you once wanted me
but you gave it up for life, you gave it up for life
In Little Italy

In Little Italy

In Little Italy

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