She was sick and tired of country life.
A little country home,
A little country folk,
Made her blood run cold.
Now her mother pines her heart away,
Looking for her child in the big black smoke,
In the big black smoke.
Frailest, purest girl the world has seen,
According to her Ma, according to her Pa,
And everybody said,
That she knew no sin and did no wrong,
Till she walked the streets of the big black smoke,
Of the big black smoke.
Well, she slept in caffs and coffee bars and bowling alleys,
And every penny she had
Was spent on purple hearts and cigarettes.
She took all her pretty coloured clothes,
And ran away from home
And the boy next door,
For a boy named Joe.
And he took her money for the rent
And tried to drag her down in the big black smoke,
In the big black smoke.
In the big black smoke.
In the big black smoke.
Big Black Smoke (02:33)
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I love how it's ok to be posh and british and effeminate when the kinks are on. I don't know what I'd do without them.
Autor: GlassPike
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This was recorded during the Kinks greatest period. Fuck, I love this song!!!
Autor: JasonBonitati
3
The best song in the world1
Autor: ACERAMGAD
4
this song has a carnival/italian feel to it
Autor: TheSeabass87
5
One of my most favorite Kinks songs. This song is in the movie The Savages. I agree both Dave and Ray are geniuses. God Save the KinKs!
Autor: BerkeleyMews7
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That's Dave (at least, it is in the photo above), Ray's the one waving. But yeah, a fantastic genius. They both are, really. A Pete Quaife likes apples.