Let me show you around the city,
As it used to be;
Before the moving of the times,

When it's beauty matched the sea,
And progress hadn't closed the blinds;
Let me show you where I used to go,
When I took days off from school,
There, was the Carlton snooker hall,
Where we'd shoot a game of pool.

And here, the barrow boys sold their fruit,
We loved to hear their patter,
'Get yer bananas one and three a pound',
If we were skint it didn't matter,
We'd nick 'em and scarper;
The fruit was much more sweet,
When we didn't have to pay,
And the chase along the street,
Always made our day.

There was a pub right here,
And another right next door;
We don't see pubs like them no more,
With sawdust covering the floor;
We watched the drunken sailors,
Going in and coming out,
Full of ale and whisky,
Falling all about,
Oh how we laughed.

And here, where we have to walk with care,
Where skateboards roll on slabs of ugly stone,
There was a flower-garden so fair,
It's fragrance made such a change,
From breathing in polluted air;
We'd feed the pigeons,
As we sat in sweet surrounds;
'Twas such a treat for old and young alike,
To walk around salubrious grounds.



To The Bee Gees ,
and their lovely memories from their chilhood 
in England