London's burning! London's burning! All across the town, all across the night Everybody's drivin' with full headlight Black or white you turn it on, or face the new religion Everybody's sittin' 'round watchin' television London's burnin' (With boredom now) London's burnin' (Dial nine nine nine nine nine) London's burnin' (With boredom now) London's burnin' (Dial nine nine nine nine nine) I'm up and down the West way, in an' out the light What a great traffic system it's so bright I can't think of a better way to spend the night Then speedin' around underneath the yellow lights London's burnin' (With boredom now) London's burnin' (Dial nine nine nine nine nine) London's burnin' (With boredom now) London's burnin' (Dial nine nine nine nine nine) Now I'm in the subway and I'm looking for the flat This one leads to this block, this one leads to that The wind howls through the empty block lookin' for a home I run through the empty stone 'cause I'm all alone London's burnin' (With boredom now) London's burnin' (Dial nine nine nine nine nine) London's burnin' (With boredom now) London's burnin' (Dial nine nine nine nine nine) Here we go, here we go Here we go rocking down the West London motorway And on your left you'll see the tower blocks Built in 1963 With hard cash payments from the GLC And over there you'll see Westbourne Park You don't wanna go there When it gets dark London's burnin'