The Old Main Drag Lyrics

The song The Old Main Drag is performed by The Pogues in the album named Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say...Pogue Mahone in the year 2008 .



When I first came to london I was only sixteen
With a fiver in my pocket and my ole dancing bag
I went down to the dilly to check out the scene
And I soon ended up on 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 fiver
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 lying down by 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 lying here I've had too much booze
I've been shat on and spat on and raped and abused
I know that I am dying and I wish I could beg
For some money to take me from the old main drag



The Pogues - Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say...Pogue Mahone

Jul 2008

  1. Kerry Polka [#]
  2. The Rocky Road to Dublin [#]
  3. Boys from the Country Hell ["Radio-Friendly" Version]
  4. NW3 [#]
  5. The Donegal Express/The Hen and the Cock Are in Carrickmacross [Rehearsal R
  6. Do You Believe in Magic? [#]
  7. Hot Asphalt [#]
  8. Danny Boy [BBC John Peel Show]
  9. Maggie May [#]
  10. Haunted [From Sid and Nancy]
  11. 0The Travelling People [Rehearsal Recording][#]
  12. Eve of Destruction [#]
  13. My Baby's Gone [Demo Recording][#]
  14. North Sea Holes [#]
  15. Garbo (Aka in and Out) [From Garbo]
  16. The Last of McGee [#]
  17. Afro-Cuban Be-Bop [From I Hired a Contract Killer]
  18. Young Ned of the Hill [Dub Version]
  19. Pinned Down/I'm Alone in the Wilderness [#]
  20. When the Ship Comes In [Demo Recording][#]
  21. Waxies Dargle [Live][#]
  22. Repeal of the Licensing Laws [Demo Recording][#]
  23. Dark Streets of London [Demo Recording][#]
  24. Greenland Whale Fisheries [Demo Recording][#]
  25. Streams of Whiskey [Demo Recording]
  26. The Auld Triangle [BBC John Peel Show]
  27. Poor Paddy on the Railway [BBC David "Kid" Jensen Show]
  28. Sea Shanty [Demo Recording][#]
  29. Transmetropolitan [Demo Recording][#]
  30. Kitty [Demo Recording][#]
  31. Boys from the County Hell [BBC David "Kid" Jensen Show]
  32. Connemara, Let's Go! (Aka Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go) [De
  33. Billy's Bones [BBC Janice Long Show]
  34. The Old Main Drag [BBC Janice Long Show]
  35. Sally Maclennane [BBC John Peel Show]
  36. The Town That Never Sleeps [#]
  37. Something Wild [#]
  38. Driving Through the City [#]
  39. Rainy Night in Soho [Oboe Version]
  40. Fairytale of New York [Demo Recording][#]
  41. Fairytale of New York [Demo Recording][#]
  42. Fairytale of New York [Demo Recording][#]
  43. Navigatoer [Live][#]
  44. The Aria [#]
  45. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly [From Straight to Hell]
  46. Haunted [Demo Recording][#]
  47. Love Theme from Sid and Nancy [#]
  48. Junk Theme [From Sid and Nancy]
  49. Glued Up and Speeding [From Sid and Nancy]
  50. Paris [From Sid and Nancy]
  51. A Needle for Paddy Garcia [From Sid and Nancy]
  52. JB 57 [#]
  53. Bowery Snax/Spiked [From Sid and Nancy]
  54. Hot Dogs with Everything [From Sid and Nancy]
  55. Rince del Emplacada [#]
  56. The Rake at the Gates of Hell [BBC Janice Long Show]
  57. Turkish Song of the Damned [BBC Janice Long Show]
  58. If I Should Fall from Grace with God [BBC Janice Long Show]
  59. Battle March [Demo Recording][#]
  60. Lullaby of London [Demo Recording][#]
  61. Shanne Bradley [Demo Recording][#]
  62. Streets of Sorrow [Demo Recording][#]
  63. Thousands Are Sailing [#]
  64. The Balinalee [#]
  65. Nicaragua Libré [#]
  66. Japan [Live][#]
  67. Sally Maclennane [Live]
  68. A Pair of Brown Eyes [Live]
  69. Kitty [Live]
  70. Maggie May [Live]
  71. Dirty Old Town [Live]
  72. The Sickbed of Cuchulainn [Live]
  73. Fiesta [7" Single Remix]
  74. If I Should Fall from Grace with God [12" Single Remix]
  75. Johnny Come Lately
  76. Boat Train [Demo Recording][#]
  77. Night Train to Lorca [Demo Recording][#]
  78. The Mistlethrush [#]
  79. Got a Lot of Livin' to Do
  80. Victoria [#]
  81. Murder [Version 1][#]
  82. Lust for Vomit [#]
  83. The Wake of the Medusa [Demo Recording][#]
  84. The Black Dogs Ditch [#]
  85. Aisling [#]
  86. Murder [Version 2][#]
  87. Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah [12" Single Remix]
  88. Maidrín Rua [#]
  89. Johnny Come Lately [Live][#]
  90. John Was [#]
  91. Miss Otis Regrets/Just One of Those Things
  92. All the Tears That I Cried
  93. The One and Only
  94. Afro-Cuban Be-Bop [From I Hired a Contract Killer]
  95. Turkish Song of the Damned [Live]
  96. London Calling [Live]
  97. I Fought the Law [Live]
  98. The Girl from the Wadi-Hammamat [Demo Recording][*]
  99. Moving to Moldova [Demo Recording][#]
  100. Call My Name [#]
  101. The Sun and the Moon [Demo Recording][#]
  102. Living in a World Without Her [Demo Recording][#]
  103. Who Said Romance Is Dead? [Demo Recording][#]
  104. Sound of the City Night [Demo Recording][#]
  105. Four O'Clock in the Morning [Demo Recording][#]
  106. The Star of the County Down [Live][#]
  107. White City [Live][#]
  108. Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant/The Rocky Road to Dublin/The Galway Rac
  109. The Parting Glass/Lord Santry's Fairest Daughter [Live][#]
  110. Goodnight Irene [Live][#][*]

The Old Main Drag