London Can Take It

Now it’s eight o’clock Jerry is a little bit late tonight The dusk is deepening Soon the nightly battle of London will be on This has been a quiet day for us, but it won’t be a quiet night The searchlights are in position The guns are ready The people’s army of volunteers is ready They are the ones who are really fighting this war Brokers, Clerks, Peddlers, Merchants by day They are heroes by night These are not Hollywood sound effects This is the music they play every night in London The symphony of war London can take it London can take it London raises her head, shakes the debris of a night from her hair, and takes stock of the damage done The sign of a great fighter in the ring is: can he get up from the floor after being knocked down London does this every morning There is no panic, no fear, no despair, in London Town London can take it London can take it The night is long, but sooner or later the dawn will come