Track 1 from his third album “Putting It Straight” released in 1977 copyright Polydor Records. It was recorded at Eastern Sound in Toronto and features a great album cover photograph. It received above average reviews and reached No. 70 on the Billboard chart. Recorded from the original vinyl. Written by Pat Travers and produced by Dennis MacKay & Pat Travers. RIP Peter Cowling. Featuring:

Pat Travers – Lead vocals, lead & rhythm guitars & keyboards
Peter “Mars” Cowling – Bass
Nicko McBrain – Drums
Special Guests:
Tony Carey – Mini Moog synthesizer on “Off Beat Ride”
Bert Hermiston – Sax on “Off Beat Ride” & “Dedication”
Scott Gorham – Rhythm guitar on “Speakeasy”
Susie McKinley – Background vocal on “Lovin’ You”

Yeah

Life in London is bittersweet
Spray can slogans along the street
Some kinda revolution in the town
Oh, razor blades and safety pins, you look like a clown

What's goin' down is just the same old sound
You know that energy has always been the drug for me, yeah

You know that I came across a lotta water
Just to see if it could be
The place to go, the life for me
I changed my dollars into pounds and now that drink is gonna cost me fifty p

(But the District Line just doesn't seem)
(To be runnin' as far as I'd)
(As I'd like to go today, oh, oh-oh-oh)

Hey, and I've met a lotta great people
I guess that's one thing that will never change
People are people wherever you go
And now you wanna know why, it's cause I'm tellin' you so

But I'd like to see some peace and harmony
Well, everybody thinks differently
But that shouldn't mean a thing
Shouldn't mean a thing

Pack up my suitcase, I gotta go
Back to a land that I think I know
Bring somethin' with me, leave somethin' behind
Oh, life in London's at the back of my mind

(But the District Line just doesn't seem)
(To be runnin' as far as I'd)
(As I'd like to go today, oh, oh-oh-oh)

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