Kings of the Corner Video (MV)

On the corner, where the guys all meet
Punching shoulders, shuffling feet
Shrugging off the dust of a pointless day
'Cos nothing they need seems to come their way

Watching, as the world goes by
Got real busy, gotta fly
But they all know it's all just talk
Empty style, swagger the walk

And I've watched the kings of the corner growing old
Same old honour, same old bold
Skinny trousers, flashy shoes
Swapping all the stories, bragging their news
Of the things they'd done and the times they'd run
With the furious, and the few

From the corner, where they ruled their little world of shabby streets
Big shot guys with little lives, turning up the heat
And you didn't wanna be there, when the guys all meet
Always hear them coming, dark cars, big beats

So I watched the kings of the corner growing bold
They ran it all from Penny Green to the Old Town Road,
And no-one dared to call them out,
Challenge the unwritten code of their bloody law, held
Together with the gun and the knife and so much more

Blurred memories, but ... sure, it's true
You gotta remember, it was me and you
That night we hit 'em hard with Johnny D, caught 'em
Right behind the Crown so bloody dark they couldn't see

And I'm there with the kings of the corner growing old
When we're all gone and the last man
Down's a warrior with a story to be told .. sure
He was the one who always got things done
And the battle won
Run little men run, run on home

Blurred memories, but ... sure, it's true
You gotta remember, it was me and you
Blurred memories, yeah course they're true
Got something to say boy? what's it to you, cos

If you was there you'd know just what I mean,
We were the glory boys, running down a dream,
We fought 'em all on London Lane
You shoulda seen mad Jimmy taking four guys
On, I tell you, he was really mean

And everything was twice as large as life

But those years are past when times were fast
They thought blood loyalty was here to last
But life's cheaper now, or was it cheaper then
Brave boys, now just tired old men ..
Back on the corner, only dreams still meet
The dust is blowing round my feet
The kings are all long gone
Just an echo down the street