Key: B major
Verse 1
want is here a stranger
where the nearest suburb
My windowsill is level
Drifting past, drifting past
I sorrow for the owners
And cause I have to sorrow
To see upon those faces
And I look in vain for traces
In the sallow, sunken faces
Drifting on, drifting on
I sorrow for the owners
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of the faces in the street
For all their windows level
Come mammon slaves,
your knees shall knock,
When your God demands a reason
The wrong things and the bad things,
In the filthy lane and alley,
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and the cruel and heartless street
Now show me inner vision,
And low, with shops all shuttered,
And in the warning distance
Pouring on, pouring on
And the war hymns
and the cheering
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of the people in the street
The warning pen shall write it faint,
And kindle lies all blazing bright,
And flashing swords
Coming near, coming near
Then I saw the army
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Drifting on, drifting on, drifting on
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Faces in the street
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