"'Nancy of London' is probably an error." No reason in the world to suggest this came from an under-talented hack It is a superbly reflective song - often referred to as "drunken-daft" - another example from the same source is "Ye Mariners All" In both cases the singer is addressing himself and, in a few superbly constructed verses, is pouring out his loneliness It lacks narrative because it doesn't need a story - the feelings expressed are those who appear to have "been there and done that" - no desk-bound pen-pusher could hope to make something as sensitive as this Jim Carroll
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