Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
“LDN” was the second single from Lily’s debut album Alright, Still with B sides “Nan, You’re a Window Shopper”, “Naïve” and “Knock ‘Em Out”.
The song is about London (LDN), and Lily describes a bicycle journey through it commenting on how its happy exterior just hides the malice and distastefulness...
[Verse 1]
Riding through the city on my bike all day
'Cause the filth took away my licence
It doesn't get me down and I feel okay
'Cause the sights that I'm seeing are priceless
Everything seems to look as it should
But I wonder what goes on behind doors
A fella looking dapper, and he's sitting with a slapper
Then I see it's a pimp and his crack whore
[Pre-Chorus]
You might laugh, you might frown
Walkin' 'round London town
[Chorus]
Sun is in the sky, oh why, oh why
Would I wanna be anywhere else?
Sun is in the sky, oh why, oh why
Would I wanna be anywhere else?
When you look with your eyes
Everything seems nice
But if you look twice
You can see it's all lies
[Verse 2]
There was a little old lady who was walking down the road
She was struggling with bags from Tesco
There were people from the city having lunch in the park
I believe that is called al fresco
When a kid came along to offer a hand
But before she had time to accept it
Hits her over the head, doesn't care if she's dead
'Cause he's got all her jewelry and wallet
[Pre-Chorus]
You might laugh, you might frown
Walkin' round London town
[Chorus]
Sun is in the sky, oh why, oh why
Would I wanna be anywhere else?
Sun is in the sky, oh why, oh why
Would I wanna be anywhere else?
When you look with your eyes
Everything seems nice
But if you look twice
You can see it's all lies
[Bridge]
Life, yeah, that's city life (Angel, Dalston, Stockwell)
Yeah, that's city life (Clapton, Soho, Ladbroke Grove)
Yeah, that's city life
Life, yeah, that's city life (Camden, Brixton, Putney)
Yeah, that's city life (Tottenham, Chiswick, Old Kent Road)
Yeah, that's city life
[Chorus]
Sun is in the sky, oh why, oh why
Would I wanna be anywhere else?
Sun is in the sky, oh why, oh why
Would I wanna be anywhere else?
Sun is in the sky, oh why, oh why
Would I wanna be anywhere else?
Sun is in the sky, oh why, oh why
Would I wanna be anywhere else?
When you look with your eyes
Everything seems nice
But if you look twice
You can see it's all lies
When you look with your eyes
Everything seems nice
But if you look twice
You can see it's all lies
[Outro]
You can see it's all lies
You can see it's all lies, lies, lies
LDN was written by Arthur Reid & Darren Lewis & Iyiola Babalola & Lily Allen.
LDN was produced by Future Cut.
Lily Allen released LDN on Tue Sep 26 2006.
In Daniel Rachel’s 2013 book Isle of Noises: Conversations with Great British Songwriter, Allen discusses the influence that the poem
Composed Upon Westminster Bridge (1802) by William Wordsworth had on the track “LDN”:
That was one of the poems I studied for GCSE English at school. I remember thin...
During the intro to the LDN video Lily asks the staff at Tough Grade!, a fictional record shop based on Rough Trade, for an obscure genre of music.
Hi, I’m just wondering have you got any kind of like sort of punky electronica kind of grime kind of like new wave grime, but kind of maybe like more b...