The bells are ringing across London town But I'm never gonna hear those bells resound But I'm quite content here on the underground Going down Travelling down And I'm never going back To where the dirty river flows And where the neon dusk explodes And tears the twilight out the sky Where compa**ion fades and dies With a heavy sigh The pious preacher of old London town Will pace his pulpit with a studies frown
And the things he worships on the overground Are more profane Than profound So I'm never going back To where the dirty river flows And where the neon dusk explodes And tears the twilight out the sky Where compa**ion fades and dies With a heavy sigh The bells are ringing across London town But I'm never gonna hear those bells resound …