The Old Main Drag Lyrics - Rum Sodomy & The Lash - Pogues

When I first came to London, I was only sixteen 

With a fiver in my pocket and my ol' dancin' bag 

I went down to the dilly to check out the scene 

But I soon ended upon the old main drag 

There the he-males and the she-males paraded in style 

And the old man with the money would flash you a smile 

In the dark of an alley you'd work for a five 

For a swift one off the wrist down on the old main drag 

In the cold winter nights, the old town, it was chill 

But there were boys in the cafes who'd give you cheap pills 

If you didn't have the money, you'd cajole or you'd beg 

There was always lots of tuinol on the old main drag 

One evening as I was lyin' down in Leicester Square 

I was picked up by the coppers and kicked in the balls 

Between the metal doors at Vine Street, I was beaten and mauled 

And they ruined my good looks for the old main drag 

In the tube station, the old ones who were on the way out 

Would dribble and vomit and grovel and shout 

And the coppers would come along and push them about 

And I wished I could escape from the old main drag 

And now I'm lyin' here, I've had too much booze 

I've been spat on and shat on and raped and abused 

I know that I am dyin' and I wish I could beg 

For some money to take me from the old main drag