Anthony: I have sailed the world, beheld it's wonders From the Dardanelles To the mountains of Peru, But there's no place like London—! Todd: No, there's no place like London.
Todd: You are young. Life has been kind to you. You will learn... There's a hole in the world Like a great black pit And the vermin of the world Inhabit it And it's morals aren't worth What a pig could spit And it goes by the name of London. At the top of the hole Sit the privileged few, Making mock of the vermin In the lower zoo, Turning beauty into fi lth and greed. I too Have sailed the world and seen it's wonders, For the cruelty of men Is as wondrous as Peru, But there's no place like London!
Todd: There was a barber and his wife, And she was beautiful. A foolish barber and his wife. She was his reason and his life, And she was beautiful. And she was virtuous. And he was— Naive. There was another man who saw That she was beautiful, A pious vulture of the law, Who with a gesture of his claw Removed the barber from his plate. Th en there was nothing but to wait And she would fall, So soft, So young, So lost, And oh, so beautiful!
Todd: Oh, that was many years ago… I doubt if anyone would know. Todd: There's a hole in the world Like a great black pit And it's fi lled with people Who are fi lled with shit And the vermin of the world Inhabit it…