Working Man's Café

Written by: Ray Davies

Published by: Davray Music Ltd.

Chord file

Lyrics:

Looking for the working man's café
In the shopping centre of the town
Looking for somewhere to fit in
In among the retail outlets

Bought a pair of new designer pants
Where the fruit and veg man used to stand
I always used to see him there
Selling old apples and pears

Chatting up the pretty girls
With knocked off goods in the van

Don't you know he was a working man
Long ago he was a working man
And we sat in the working man's café
The working man's café

Everything around me seems unreal
Everywhere I go it looks and feels like America
We've really come a long way down this road
Improving our surroundings as we go
Changing our roots and culture
But don't you know

Long ago there was a working man
Don't you know we were all working men
And we'd sit and pass the time of day
At the working man's café

I thought I knew you then but will I know you now?
There's gotta be a place for us to meet
I'll call you when I've found it
I only hope that life has made us a little more grounded
Hey man, I see you now.

Oh oh, we were all working men
And here we are at the working man's café

It's really good to see us come so far
But haven't we forgotten who we are
Taking out a larger loan
Equity relief and mortgages

We all seem to pass the time of day
Online at the internet café
And if you forget my face
In case you've forgotten just who I am
I'm the kid with the greasy spoon
Firmly held in my hand

Don't you know I was a working man
Long ago we were all working men
And we sat and spent the time of day
At the working man's café
Yeah, at the working man's café

This song can be found on the following releases:

stereo mix (3:41), recorded Mar 2007 at Room and Board Studios, Hermitage, Nashville,Tennessee
Working Man's Café 21 Oct, 2007 UK V2 Records International TST2007SM7GB CD
Working Man's Café 22 Oct, 2007 UK V2 Records International VVR1048572 CD
Working Man's Café 19 Feb, 2008 USA New West Records/Ammal Records NW6137 CD/DVD set
Working Man's Café 19 Feb, 2008 USA New West Records/Ammal Records NW6136 CD
Working Man's Café Mar 2008 USA New West Records/Ammal Records NW5010 12" vinyl 2-LP set (double album), 33 1/3 RPM
Collected 19 Oct, 2009 UK Universal 2721099 CD
Waterloo Sunset - The Very Best Of The Kinks & Ray Davies 13 Aug 2012 UK Sanctuary Records/Universal Music 371 248-9 2 CD set

stereo mix, Ray with the Crouch End Festival Chorus (3:59), recorded Spring 2009 at Air Studios & Konk Studios, London
The Kinks Choral Collection 15 Jun, 2009 UK Decca Records/Universal 2703909 CD
The Kinks Choral Collection 2 Sep, 2009 Australia Decca Records/Universal 2703909 CD
The Kinks Choral Collection 15 Jun, 2009 USA Decca Records/Universal ? CD
The Kinks Choral Collection (Special Edition) 7 Dec, 2009 UK Universal Music TV 2724050 CD


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