Albert's Place Songtext
von Martyn Joseph

With head bowed low, she walks on through her city
As the rain seeps through the only coat she owns
But on High Street West, there′s a place
A place she knows

Some days, it won't take much at all
You can fall down just a semitone
But it′s enough to make you fold
And break your soul

And Albert's Place has seen it all
The meat and coal when the big ships called
But maybe now its greatest day of all
Brings tea and a cup of love
Tea and a cup of love

See the pensioner and the veteran
The unemployed, the homeless and the lost
The abused, misused, refused
Gathered here


But you'll be surprised at who′s beside you
A businessman just wants to feed his kids
A nurse ashamed to cross that line
But arms welcome her

And Albert′s Place has seen it all
The meat and coal when the big ships called
But maybe now its greatest day of all
Brings tea and a cup of love
Tea and a cup of love

It's tattooed across his forearm
It′s a promise set in skin
Of the days that tried to destroy him
But Albert let him in
Room at the inn

And the measure of a country's prosperity
Is not the wealth that it holds
But in the absence of poverty and equal opportunity for us all


And Albert′s Place has seen it all
The meat and coal and the big ships tall
But maybe now its greatest moment of all
Brings tea and a cup of love
Clothes and a cup of love
Shelter and furniture and a cup of love
Humanity in a cup of love

With head bowed low, she walks on through her city
As the rain seeps through the only coat she owns
But on High Street West, there's a place
A place she knows