Hi Philippa.
I can help you with this one!
We had Briege Murphy over for our Irish Music Festival in 1997.A really fantastic singer and song writer.
She has given out two CDs.....
``The Longest Road´´(1995),and``The Sea and Other Songs´´(1997).
The song you asked about is on the first album.

KILBURN HIGH ROAD
(Briege Murphy)

We were walking Kilburn high road for we'd no where else to go
We got talking to an old man as we sheltered from the cold
He said ``Young ones don't be foolish now,these streets arn't paved with gold.
Take some wisdom from an old fool,and turn round and go back home.´´

Chorus:And we laid back in that cardboard city sunshine
All the vermin that we scratched became old friends
There were times I'd wake up shouting
``Alright ma,I'm getting up.´´
She'd be calling me for school or mass
But there the dream would end.

2.Well Shamie he had 90p,and I had 34
So we blew it on a horse that lost at Kempton Park at 4
But with luck we found a fiver just outside the seamans rest
So we bought a box of chicken wings and two of Mundays best
And the buzz we got was famous,but we sobbered soon enough
Then the old mans words came back to me,when times got really rough.
So we hitched our way to Hollyhead and we starved for 3 whole days.
T'was like getting back from Gettysburg by the time we reached Leslade(?).

Chorus

I hope this helps
Greetings John(Norway).