Camden Town Songtext
von Clive Gregson

I remember when I met her
She had barely turned eighteen
Her hair was not quite auburn
And her eyes were not quite green
She was English as the cold dust
And Irish as the rain
And every man in Connors Bar
Offered their love in vain

She was total imperfection
A queen without a crown
Like a fool I swore I′d win the heart
Of the prettiest girl in Camden Town


Her name was unpronounceable
And my thick Northern tongue
But I loved the way she always smiled
When I got it wrong
She spoke a different language
Full of light and grace
And every word was played out
To the music in her face

She was total imperfection
A queen without a crown
Like a fool I swore I'd win the heart
Of the prettiest girl in Camden Town

She worked at Euston Station
Selling tickets and advice
And the businessmen who asked her out
Never asked her twice
While the girls I took the stand
Why she refused to change her mind
Forsake the London Irish
Leave the past behind

She was total imperfection
A queen without a crown
Like a fool I swore I′d win the heart
Of the prettiest girl in Camden Town


And once she let me lie with her
And the years have hold it now
She always said love would smile
And friendship was a vow
One night when sense deserted us
And madness ran our veins
She crept into my shaking heart
And robbed her with my pain

She was total imperfection
A queen without a crown
Like a fool I knew I'd lost my heart
To the prettiest girl in Camden Town

Well sometimes I still see her
With her children in the park
Two by different fathers
How the years have left their mark
It seems she never married
God knows she had her chance
But her English blood would not decide
And her Irish love would dance

She was total imperfection
A queen without a crown
Like a fool I still would give my heart
To the prettiest girl in Camden Town

Like a fool I still would give my heart
To the prettiest girl in Camden Town