Did I tell you 'bout the time you failed to recognize my heart?
I couldn't find a way to betray you in my arms
You held a beauty but I didn't care
For you parked your markings on your arm there
Did I tell you that inspite of you I sealed my fate?
And that I held you in my gaze to finally pace my gain
And though it always was away from you
Oh I can't deny you like I used to do
So cradle me now in your arms, London city
Listen it's time to forgive and forget
It's funny how you defined something in me
But wait a minute, I've not finished yet
Do you remember when you called me out of Castlereagh Place?
And how you swore to me a future through the troubles I'd face?
That broken promise that we feel and tame
Oh but now I realize you were not to blame
So cradle me now in your arms, London city
Surely it's time to forgive and forget
Yeah it's funny how you defined something in me
But wait a minute, I'm not finished yet
Lost friends, River Thames, Caledonian Road, Westminster
St. Paul's Cathedral and the round parts of the regal
And that bumbling buffoon, the Prime Minister
And the East end where there are hard men
Where they fight for good reason every now and then
In their nods and their smiles, they say I'm so rarified
I'm shining like a beacon in the evening light would
It all left me strong-eyed like an alley cat
Then you fed me and I remember that
So I guess, what I'm saying is you're not that bad
Cradle me now in your arms, London city
Surely it's time to forgive and forget
It's funny how you defined something in me
But wait a minute, I'm not finished yet