Sunday Scrawl #5

This is an easy one! This picture is, I’m pretty sure of a London, UK medieval building, with a tower. That reminds me of a song, Towers of London, by one of my all-time favorite secular bands, XTC. (This was before I switched to only Praise & Worship.)

Here it is:

Towers of London (YouTube)

And here are the links to buy the song or the album (from my Amazon affiliate link).

Towers Of London (2001 – Remaster) off of the album  Black Sea

Lyrics:

Towers of London
XTC
Chorus:
Towers of London
When they had built you
Did you watch over the men who fell
Towers of London
When they had built you
Victoria’s gem found in somebody’s hell

Verse 1:
Pavements of gold leading to the underground
Grenadier Guardsmen walking pretty ladies around
Fog is the sweat of the never never navvies who pound, pound, pound, pound, pound
Spikes in the rails to their very own heaven

Towers of London
When they had built you
Did you watch over the men who fell
Towers of London
When they had built you
Victoria’s gem found in somebody’s hell

Verse 2:
Bridges of muscles spanning so long and high
Merchants from Stepney walking pretty ladies by
Rain is the tears of the never never navvies who cry
For the bridge that doesn’t go
In the direction of Dublin

Towers of London
When they had built you
Did you watch over the men who fell
Towers of London
When they had built you
Victoria’s gem found in somebody’s hell

Bridge:
And I’ve seen it in a painting
And I’ve seen it in engraving
And I’ve seen it in their faces
Clear as children’s chalk lines on the paving

Towers of London
When they had built you
Did you watch over the men who fell
Towers of London
When they had built you
Victoria’s gem found in somebody’s hell