I've been working on this since late January. Still some work to do on it as you'll see. I'm running into some technical problems with trying to record the singing as I play. For this video, I did sing, but the final product contains vocals that were recorded separately. When I sing and play together, I can't control the recorded volume of the vocals, so I need to figure out a way to record the vocals separately. With my current system, the vocals overpower the guitar playing. I think I have a solution, but I need to invest some time to sort out the details. I am trying dedicate myself to learning to sing/play simultaneously, which I think I find harder than most. Nevertheless, I am making some progress and hope to demonstrate that in my next video if I can get the technical details figured out.
This performance contains only three of the four verses, and I play the chorus only twice. As usual, it's too fast, but not horrendously so.
Streets of London
Have you seen the old man in the closed-down market
Kicking up the papers, with his worn out shoes
In his eyes you see no pride and held loosely at his side
Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news
Have you seen the old girl who walks the streets of London
Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags
She's no time for talking, she just keeps right on walking
Carrying her home in two carrier bags
Chorus
So how can you tell me you're lonely
And you say for you that the sun don't shine
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London
I'll show you something to make you change your mind
In the all night café at a quarter past eleven
Same old man is sitting there on his own
Looking at the world over the rim of his tea-cup
Each tea lasts an hour then he wanders home alone
Chorus
