'One Man Band' by Leo Sayer - Ladbroke Grove, London, UK
N 51° 30.530 W 000° 12.217
30U E 694049 N 5710119
Ladbroke Grove is a road in west London that runs in a generally north/south direction between Harrow Road, in the north, and Holland Park Avneue, in the south.
Waymark Code: WMF2M1
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/12/2012
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Wikipedia
( visit link )
tells a little of Ladbroke Grove:
"Ladbroke Grove is a west London
road in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is also sometimes the
name given informally to the immediate surrounding area. Running from Notting
Hill in the south to Kensal Green in the north, it is located in North
Kensington and straddles the W10 and W11 postal districts. Ladbroke Grove tube
station is located on the road, at the point where it is crossed by the Westway.
The adjacent bridge and nearby section of the Westway (London) was regenerated
in 2007 in a partnership including Urban Eye, Transport for London and London
Underground. It is also the nearest tube station to Portobello Road
Market.
The street is named after James
Weller Ladbroke, who developed the Ladbroke Estate in the mid nineteenth
century, until then a largely rural area on the western edges of
London.
It is the main road on the route of
the annual Notting Hill Carnival in August."
The complete
lyrics (visit link) are:
"Well
everybody knows down Ladbrook grove
You have to leap across the street
You can lose your life under a taxi cab
You gotta have eyes in your feet
You find a nice soft corner and you sit right down
Take
up your guitar and play
But then the law man comes says move along
So you move along all
day
Well I'm a one man band
Nobody knows nor
understands
Is there anybody out there want to lend me a hand
With my one man
band
For three days now I haven't eaten at all
My my you must
be getting so thin
And soon my cap won't be large enough
To drop a half a crown
in
So hey there mister don't you look so sad
Don't look so
ill at ease
Well I can play you any song you like
To cheer up that life you
lead
Well I'm a one man band
Nobody knows nor
understands
Is there anybody out there want to lend me a hand
With my one man
band
And oh oh oh look at the rain falling
Oh oh oh look at it
rain
Oh look at it
rain
Well nobody sees the minstrel boy as he sings his tale of
woe
Nobody sees him coming
Nobody see him go
So hey there mister don't
you look so sad
Don't look so ill at ease
Well I can play you any song you
like
To cheer up that life you
lead
Well I'm a one man band
Nobody knows nor
understands
Is there anybody out there want to lend me a hand
With my one man
band
Well I'm a one man band
Nobody knows nor
understands
Is there anybody out there want to lend me a hand
With my one man
band
Oh I'm a one man band
Just a one man band
Oh I'm a one man
band"