The Pogues The Old Main Drag

BBC radio session 1985 When I first came to London I was only sixteen With a fiver in my pocket and my ole dancing bag I went down to the dilly to check out the scene But I soon ended up upon the old main drag There the hemales and the shemales paraded in style And the old man with the money would flash you a smile In the dark of an alley you d work for a fiver For a swift one off the wrist down on the old main drag In the cold winter nights the old town it was chill But there were boys in the cafes who d give you cheap pills If you didn t have the money you d cajole and you d beg There was always lots of tuinol on the old main drag One evening as I was lying down by Leicester Square I was picked up by the coppers and kicked in the balls Between the metal doors at Vine Street I was beaten and mauled And they ruined my good looks for the old main drag In the tube station the old ones who w