Life On The Road - Kinks

Ever since I was a child, 
I loved to wander wild 
Through the bright city lights, 
And find myself a life I could call my own. 
It was always my ambition 
To see Piccadilly, 
Ramble and roam around Soho 
And Pimlico and Savile Row, 
And walk down the Abbey Road. 
So I saved all my money 
And packed up my clothes, 
And I said good-bye to my friends 
And my folks back home. 
And I left for a life of my own. 
I left for a life on the road. 

I'm a real hungry tyke, 
And I know what I like. 
And I know where I'm goin': 
To those bright city lights. 
Oh yeah, oh yeah, 
This time I'm gonna get there. 
I'm bound for a life on the road. 
Give me life on the road. 
I said life on the road. 

When I arrived in Euston, 
I was little more than a child. 
And I didn't know then 
That the dives and the dens 
Would be so vulgar and wicked and wild. 
Mama always told me 
The city ladies were bawdy and bold. 
And so I searched night and day 
To catch a kissable lady, 
But all that I caught was a cold, 
'Cause those stuck-up city ladies 
Didn't notice me walk by. 
Now I've got holes in my shoes 
'Cause I've been walkin' the streets all night. 
And I'm livin' the life that I chose. 
Livin' my life on the road. 
I said life on the road. 
I want life on the road. 
Life on the road. 

I was standing with the punks in Praed Street, 
When a muscle man came my way. 
He said,