Letra de Soho Heroes

TIM Ronnie Scott -1927-1996. Francis Bacon:
PETER If you can talk about it, Why paint it?
TIM Muriel Belcher – 1908–1979. Jeffrey Bernard:PETER One way to stop a runaway horse is to bet on him
TIM William Blake – 1757-1827. Sarah Bernhardt:
PETER It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich
TIM Sebastian Horsley – 1962-2010. Peter Cook:
PETER Everything I′ve ever told you, including this, is a lie

From classical to Dada, for Jazz and Rock and Roll
Where a legend from the RADA played a Journalist with Soul
So get that final helping, 'cause it′s going, gone, bye-bye
Yes everything must go, but Soho Heroes never die.

TIM Canaletto – 1697-1768. Maurice Huggett
PETER Don't Touch The Props! Leave The props alone!
TIM Casanova – 1725-1798. Karl Marx:
PETER Workers of the world unite!
TIM George Melly – 1926-2007
John Logie Baird – 1888-1946 (Still watching)
Paul Raymond, Lucian Freud, Keith Moon, and Danny La Rue
Laura Henderson:
PETER We have made rather a go at it haven't we?
TIM Mozart – 1756-1791. Michael Wojas:
PETER It′s not about the money, it′s about the art
TIM William Hazlitt, Lord Nelson, Sid Vicious. Derek Jarman:
PETER I'm not afraid of death, I am afraid of dying
TIM Sir Joshua Reynolds – 1723-1792. Shelley:
PETER Fear not for the future, weep not for the past
TIM Franz Liszt, John Snow, Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud
Vivian Van Damn, Sheila Van Damn, when are Westminster Council going to give a damn?

Tim: ...but from a Revolutionary to a May Day Riot Cop It′s beautifully hairy and that energy won't stop So get your final helping, ′cause it's going, gone, bye-bye
Yes nothing lasts forever, but Soho Heroes never die.
Yes nothing lasts forever, but Soho Heroes never die.
PETER John Dryden – 1631-1700, Samuel Johnson – 1709-1784, Peter Mark Roget – 1779-1869, Samuel Romilly – 1757-1818, Johann Strauss – 1825-1899, Frankie Vaughn – 1928-1999, Ian Board – 1929-1994, They say ′Soho is not what it used to be'.
It never was!