

Dirty old river, must you keep rolling Flowing into the night People so busy, makes me feel dizzy Taxi light shines so bright But I don't need no friends As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset I am in paradise Every day I look at the world from my window But chilly, chilly is the evening time Waterloo sunset's fine Terry meets Julie, Waterloo Station Every Friday night But I am so lazy, don't want to wander I stay at home at night But I don't feel afraid As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset I am in paradise Every day I look at the world from my window But chilly, chilly is the evening time Waterloo sunset's fine Millions of people swarming like flies 'round Waterloo underground But Terry and Julie cross over the river Where they feel safe and sound And they don't need no friends As long as they gaze on Waterloo sunset They are in paradise Waterloo sunset's fine
Dirty old river, must you keep rolling Flowing into the night People so busy, makes me feel dizzy Taxi light shines so bright But I don't need no friends As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset I am in paradise Every day I look at the world from my window But chilly, chilly is the evening time Waterloo sunset's fine Terry meets Julie, Waterloo Station Every Friday night But I am so lazy, don't want to wander I stay at home at night But I don't feel afraid As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset I am in paradise Every day I look at the world from my window But chilly, chilly is the evening time Waterloo sunset's fine Millions of people swarming like flies 'round Waterloo underground But Terry and Julie cross over the river Where they feel safe and sound And they don't need no friends As long as they gaze on Waterloo sunset They are in paradise Waterloo sunset's fine
A gravação de “Waterloo Sunset” contou com vocais de fundo da primeira esposa de Ray Davies, Rasa, que ele levou ao local para conferir a atmosfera antes do lançamento.
Foi o primeiro single dos Kinks totalmente produzido por Ray Davies, sem a participação do produtor de longa data Shel Talmy.
A canção alcançou o número 2 nas paradas britânicas em 1967, permanecendo atrás apenas de “All You Need Is Love” dos Beatles.
Em 2004, uma enquete de rádio FM em Londres a nomeou “Greatest Song About London”, e a revista Time Out a declarou “Anthem of London”.
Robert Christgau, Pete Townshend e Stephen Thomas Erlewine, críticos renomados, já a descreveram como a mais bela canção em língua inglesa ou como um “masterpiece” da era do rock.
Ray Davies apresentou a música ao vivo no BBC Electric Proms de 2007, acompanhado pelo Crouch End Festival Chorus no The Roundhouse, em Camden.
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