The Men They Couldn't Hang - Going Back to Coventry lyrics

We hit this town last summer On the inter-city train Me and Joe came down together Just like we'd always been Well I could play the guitar And Joey had the brains There was nothing left of Coventry But a black and bloody stain We walked up through Victoria Named after the Empire's Queen Signed on down in Westminster, Found digs in Kennington Lane The first night we went out We both got drunk and made a noise Ran back across the Vauxhall bridge Chased by the Chelsea boys Next day we got up early Just before the London rain Joey had a meeting with a man They called John Wayne He offered Joe a job, No questions asked, cash in hand Putting up an office block On an empty patch of land Tracks like a rainbow heading south Takes me to a place I've dreamt about While Joey screwed the social, I would practice my guitar And I took a few auditions playing 'Whiskey in the Jar' Now I'm a one man band And Joey he's my manager And he tells me one day soon He's going to make us into stars So now we're both out working On the tourists in the street And we spend our nights in Soho Like two moths drawn to the heat We've got the rhythm of the river And the rushing of the drains It's like going back to Coventry On that inter-city train Tracks like a rainbow heading south Takes me to a place I've dreamed about