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London Loves

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A malady has taken him over
Coughing tar in his japanese motor
The lights are magic
And he feels lucky
And he's got money
Shoots like an arrow - oh

London loves
The mystery of a speeding car
London loves
The misery of a speeding heart

Its love u like, and everyone's at it
And words are cheap when the mind is elastic
He loves the violence
Keeps ticking over
So sleep together
Before today is sold forever

London loves
The way people just fall apart
London loves
The way you just don't stand a chance
London loves
The mystery of a speeding car

O-oh o-oh o-oh o-oh

London loves
The mystery of a speeding car
London loves
The misery of a speeding heart

London loves
The mystery

London loves
The way people just fall apart
London loves
The way we just don't stand a chance
London loves
A speeding heart

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demau Senae On Apr 21, 2001

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2001-04-21 06:13:15

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by dontkillwhitey

19y ago

London=pop culture/mass media It's about empty materialism and empty sex and a guy who's blissfully engrossed in both.

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by radiojef2

11y ago

I always thought that it was all about the emptiness of using cocaine.

My Interpretation

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by Tabuckt

21y ago

Really cool song

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by Conacha

20y ago

This song is great... it's uderstimated

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by phys2104

19y ago

An example of a typical londoner living life fast in a city that can be so harsh.

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by laurelinwyntre

18y ago

The working title of this song was "Fripp," from Bowie guitarist Robert Fripp whose break in the song Fashion, Graham used as the basis for the guitar solo.

The lyrics recall many nuances found in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Fields_(novel)

A traffic report Damon taped from GLR [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_London_94.9 ] can be heard at the end.

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by Super7am

17y ago

DIANA

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by pianomannick 16y ago

Diana died 3 years after this song was released...

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