Coordinates: 51°30′29″N 0°05′16″W / 51.50806°N 0.08778°W / 51.50806; -0.08778
London Bridge is a bridge over the River Thames, connecting the City of London and Southwark, in central London. Situated between Cannon Street Railway Bridge and Tower Bridge, it forms the western end of the Pool of London. On the south side of the bridge are Southwark Cathedral and London Bridge station; on the north side are the Monument to the Great Fire of London and Monument tube station.
It was the only bridge over the Thames downstream from Kingston until Putney Bridge opened in 1729. The current bridge opened on 17 March 1973 and is the latest in a succession of bridges to occupy the spot and claim the name.
The bridge carries part of the A3 road, which is maintained by the Greater London Authority; the bridge itself is owned and maintained by the Bridge House Estates, an independent charity overseen by the City of London Corporation. The area between London Bridge and Tower Bridge on the south side of the Thames is a business improvement district (BID) and is managed by Team London Bridge.
London i/ˈlʌndən/ is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who named it Londinium. London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its square-mile mediaeval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the elected Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
London is a leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence. It is the world's leading financial centre alongside New York City and has the fifth-largest city GDP in the world (and the largest in Europe). London has been described as a world cultural capital. It was the world's most visited city during 2011 and London Heathrow is the world's busiest airport by number of international passengers. London's 43 universities form the largest concentration of higher education in Europe. In 2012 London will become the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games three times.
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London bridge is falling and the tower of piza is
leaning
The statue of liberty is green with envy
Penny for your thoughts penny for your lows
The clothes and dress codes tradition of false things
London bridge is falling
Indias got salt on its coast
Theres a tea party in boston
London bridge is falling
Made us wood and clay that wouldn't stay
No matter how hard the people pray
The materials just washed away
They could have used rocks rocks don't bend or bow
But quite frankly they had too many enemies to stone
The empire the empire (state) the empire state is
building
The taj is on fire these horus cats make a killing
Heathens bow down to the sirens
An emergency for bread and cheese
(they yell shut up and freeze?)
The earth shall inherit the meek
When canada put up a fence cuz their medicines so cheap
America's asleep (Yeah I'm snoring) and london bridge
And london bridge is falling
I got the best seat in the house they hired me as a
watchman
London bridge is falling indias got salt on its coast
Theres a tea party in boston, london bridge is falling
They made us stainless steel and wrought iron
That wall in china aint so great I built a bridge over
a hymen
It goes up to the sky and mother mary is cryin
My fair lady don't cry its gonna be alright!
Cus I'm alive - I'm alive and kickin'
Teaparty in boston teaparty in boston
What`s a thousand shade of grey
A beauty only seen by day
Skateboards thunder by and pigeons fly
Where I feel ok
London Bridge is falling down
They`re taking bids from all around
Give me dollars I don`t want pounds
London Bridge is falling down
But I still love this town
From the Tower to the Underground
Now Rome is Rome but it ain`t home
And neither is Paris
Wherever I`ve been and all that I`ve seen
This is home to me
London Bridge is falling down
They`re taking bids from all around
Give me dollars I don`t want pounds
London Bridge is falling down
But I still love this town
From the Tower to the Underground
I like it when sometimes you see
How things used to be
Music Hall bless `em all
Those ealing comedies
London Bridge is falling down
They`re taking bids from all around
Give me dollars I don`t want pounds
London Bridge is falling down
But I still love this town
From the Tower to the Underground
London Bridge is falling down
They`re taking bids from all around
Give me dollars I don`t want pounds
London Bridge is falling down
But I still love this town
From the Tower to the Underground
From the Tower to the Underground
From the Tower to the Underground
From the Tower to the Underground
London Bridge
ya goddamn bitch - muthafuking - ow
ya motherfucking shit
this is for you
bitches know the hour anytime for
bitches know the hour anytime for
bitches know the hour everytime for
ow - you switch me sick
make me the prick - now this is for you
oh - homegirls attention you must pay
homegirls - you must pay
homegirls already you must pay
oh - you switch me sick
make me the prick - now this is for you
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
My fair lady
Build it up with iron bars
Iron bars, iron bars
Build it up with iron bars
My fair lady
Iron bars will bend and break
Bend and break, bend and break
Iron bars will bend and break
My fair lady
Build it up with silver and gold
Silver and gold, silver and gold
Build it up with silver and gold
My fair lady
Gold and silver, I have none
I have none, I have none
Gold and silver, I have none
My fair lady
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
My whole life is like a cardboard
A Rollercoaster life it's bound to fall
Up and down and in and out again where we're living in
Sweet kiss take me to the moon tonight
Take a good look at what I left behind
In this place of love and suitcase of night and my broken pride
So I'm saying goodbye
Cause London Bridge is falling down, falling down
And it's alright for me, alright me
London Bridge is falling down, falling down
It's alright for me, alright for me
Tell me what you want, tell me I'm right
But don't go sneaking out in the middle of a night
I want to cradle the sun to to warm this heart of mine
But I won't compromise
So I'm saying goodbye
Cause London Bridge is falling down, falling down
And it's alright for me, alright me
London Bridge is falling down, falling down
It's alright for me, alright for me
I don't want to know
I know the times the times are hard to bear
It's hard to find someone to really care
But before I went down and out
Here's what I used to think about, think about:
London Bridge is always fallin' down,
But there it stood within the heart of town
Reminding everyone of life behind and life to come
The changes taking place are everywhere
The centuries past have nothing to compare
Where they stand, where they trip and fall
Watch the writing on the wall, on the wall
London Bridge is fallin' down at last,
And so another memory of the past
Has fell beneath the blade, but soon the dead may be repaid
I know things just can't evolve for all eternity
The thoughts will leave, will never die, and now so you can see
London Bridge is finally fallin' down,
It packed it up and shipped it outta town
And though the horror's gone, the memory will linger on
London Bridge is finally fallin' down,
It used to stand within the heart of town
Reminding everyone of life behind and life to come
When I come to the clubs, step aside
Pop the seeds, don't be hating me in the line
V.I.P because you know I gotta shine
I'm Fergie Ferg
And me love you long time
All my girls get down on the floor
Back to back drop it down real low
I'm such a lady but I'm dancing like a ho
Because you know what, I don't give a fuck
So here we go!
How come every time you come around
My London London Bridge wanna go down
Like London London London
Wanna go down like
London London London
Be going down like
How come every time you come around
My London London Bridge wanna go down
Like London London London
Wanna go down like
London London London
Be going down like
Drinks start pouring
And my speech start slowing
Everybody start looking real good
The Grey Goose got the girl feeling loose
Now I’m wishing that I didn't wear these shoes
It's like everytime I get up on the dude
Papparazzi put my business in the news
And Imma get up out my face
Before I turn around and spray your ass with mace
My lips make you want to have a taste
You got that? I got the bass!
How come every time you come around
My London London Bridge wanna go down
Like London London London
Wanna go down like
London London London
Be going down like
How come every time you come around
My London London Bridge wanna go down
Like London London London
Wanna go down like
London London London
Be going down like
When I come to the clubs, step aside
Pop the seeds, don't be hating me in the line
V.I.P because you know I gotta shine
I'm Fergie Ferg
And me love you long time
All my girls get down on the floor
Back to back drop it down real low
I'm such a lady but I'm dancing like a ho
Because you know what, I don't give a fuck
So here we go!
How come every time you come around
My London London Bridge wanna go down
Like London London London
Wanna go down like
London London London
Be going down like
How come every time you come around
My London London Bridge wanna go down
Like London London London
Wanna go down like
London London London
Be going down like
NANCY
(spoken) Bill! Let him go, Bill! For pity's sake, let him go!
Why do you look at me like that, Bill?
SIKES
(spoken) Give me away would yer?
NANCY
(spoken) No, Bill, no not you, never you.
SIKES
(spoken) Get away from me, woman!
NANCY
(spoken) No, I won't let go Bill. I've been true to you, upon my soul, I have.
SIKES
(spoken) Get away from me!
NANCY
(spoken) Oh God! Help me!
SIKES
(spoken) Stop staring at me, woman! Close your damn eyes! Damn you! Your eyes!
(Nancy is killed.)
SIKES
(spoken) Fagin! Quick Fagin!
FAGIN
(spoken) Bill?
SIKES
(spoken) The game's up Fagin!
FAGIN
(spoken) What have you done?
Oh my God Bill, no!
No, you haven't!
No, Bill!
Out boys, out!!
DODGER
(spoken) What do we do?
FAGIN
(spoken) Live up to your name! Dodge about!
(Later...)
CROWD
(spoken) Sikes, Sikes, Sikes..
MAN
(spoken) He's on the roof!
SIKES
(spoken) Stay back or I'll kill the boy!
Give me the rope, boy. The rope!
The eyes! The eyes!
MR. BROWNLOW
(spoken) Come, Oliver! We'll take you home now.
I went an' burnt my bridges at the weekend,
An' now there's nothing left but another week to end,
An' a sick an' sunken soul in a drunken body like mine,
From London bridge I swim east along the tide.
She says I won't wait I won't wait,
An' now she tells me that she wants me,
She says I won't wait I won't wait,
An' now she tells me that she wants me,
An' won't ya take me home.
When battered heads dissemble and descend into a mess
upon the city,
When bleeding hearts awake from single beds and paint
themselves so very pretty,
Oh from London Bridge you know its not such a bad sight
oh no no.
Shuddered hard at those memories of those filthy nights
we spent,
I never wanted to be the one who just came and went,
Oh lover you know I can't afford your game,
Oh lover no I can't afford your game
She said,
When battered heads dissemble and descend into a mess
upon the city,
When bleeding hearts awake from single beds and paint
themselves so very pretty,
When you're just eighteen, you never win an' no it's
not right,
Well from London Bridge you know its not such a bad
sight.
Woahh, I won't wait I won't wait,
An' now she tells me that she wants me,
She says I won't wait, I won't wait,
An' now she tells me that she wants me,
And that she loves me, oh take me home,
Take me home, woah won't you take me home, come on take
Oh snap!
Oh snap!
Oh snap!
(Are you ready for this?)
Oh snap!
Oh! It's me, Fergie
The pimp, Polow!
Fergie Ferg, what's up baby?
Come on!
When I come to the club, step aside
(Oh snap!)
Part the seas, don't be havin? me in the line
(Oh snap!)
V.I.P. ?cause you know I gotta shine
(Oh snap!)
I'm Fergie Ferg and me love you long time
(Oh snap!)
All my girls get down on the floor
(Oh snap!)
Back to back, drop it down real low
(Oh snap!)
I'm such a lady but I'm dancing like a **
(Oh snap!)
?Cause you know I don't give a ****, so here we go!
(Oh snap!)
How come every time you come around
My London London Bridge wanna go down like
London London London, wanna go down like
London London London, we goin? down like
How come every time you come around
My London London Bridge wanna go down like
London London London, wanna go down like
London London London, we goin? down like
Drinks start pourin? and my speech start slurrin?
Everybody start lookin? real good
(Oh snap!)
That Grey Goose got your girl feelin? loose
Now I?m wishin? that I didn't wear these shoes
It's like e?ry time I get up on the dude
Paparazzi put my business in the news
And I'm like, ?Get up out my face!
(Oh snap!)
?Fore I turn around and spray your *** with mace!?
(Oh snap!)
My lips make you want to have a taste
(Oh snap!)
You got that? I got the bass
(Ooh!)
How come every time you come around
My London London Bridge wanna go down like
London London London, wanna go down like
London London London, we goin? down like
How come every time you come around
My London London Bridge wanna go down like
London London London, wanna go down like
London London London, we goin? down like
La, da da da da, doo doo doo doo
Me like a bullet type, you know they comin' right
Fergie like em' long time, my girls support, right?
La, da da da da, doo doo doo doo
Me like a bullet type, you know they comin' right
Fergie like em' long time, my girls support, right?
Another ATL Cali collabo
Fergie and Polow
When I come to the club, step aside
(Oh snap!)
Part the seas, don't be havin? me in the line
(Oh snap!)
V.I.P. ?cause you know I gotta shine
(Oh snap!)
I'm Fergie Ferg and me love you long time
(Oh snap!)
All my girls get down on the floor
(Oh snap!)
Back to back, drop it down real low
(Oh snap!)
I'm such a lady but I'm dancing like a **
(Oh snap!)
?Cause you know I don't give a ****, so here we go!
(Oh snap!)
How come every time you come around
My London London Bridge wanna go down like
London London London, wanna go down like
London London London, we goin? down like
How come every time you come around
My London London Bridge wanna go down like
London London London, wanna go down like
London London London, we goin? down like
NANCY
(spoken) Bill! Let him go, Bill! For pity's sake, let him go!
Why do you look at me like that, Bill?
SIKES
(spoken) Give me away would yer?
NANCY
(spoken) No, Bill, no not you, never you.
SIKES
(spoken) Get away from me, woman!
NANCY
(spoken) No, I won't let go Bill. I've been true to you, upon my soul, I have.
SIKES
(spoken) Get away from me!
NANCY
(spoken) Oh God! Help me!
SIKES
(spoken) Stop staring at me, woman! Close your damn eyes! Damn you! Your eyes!
(Nancy is killed.)
SIKES
(spoken) Fagin! Quick Fagin!
FAGIN
(spoken) Bill?
SIKES
(spoken) The game's up Fagin!
FAGIN
(spoken) What have you done?
Oh my God Bill, no!
No, you haven't!
No, Bill!
Out boys, out!!
DODGER
(spoken) What do we do?
FAGIN
(spoken) Live up to your name! Dodge about!
(Later...)
CROWD
(spoken) Sikes, Sikes, Sikes..
(spoken) He's on the roof!
SIKES
(spoken) Stay back or I'll kill the boy!
Give me the rope, boy. The rope!
The eyes! The eyes!
MR. BROWNLOW