"LDN"

Riding through the city on my bike all day

Cause the filth took away my licence

It doesn't get me down and I feel ok

Cause the sights that I'm seeing are priceless

Everything seems to look as it should

But I wonder what goes on behind doors

A fella looking dapper, but he's sittin with a slapper

Then I see it's a pimp and his crack whore

You might laugh you might frown

Walkin' round London town

Chorus

Sun is in the sky oh why oh why?

Would I wanna be anywhere else

Sun is in the sky oh why oh why?

Would I wanna be anywhere else

When you look with your eyes

Everything seems nice

But if you look twice

you can see it's all lies

There was a little old lady, who was walkin down the road

She was struggling with bags from Tesco

There were people from the city havin lunch in the park

I believe that it's called al fresco

Then a kid came along to offer a hand

But before she had time to accept it

hits her over the head, doesn't care if she's dead

Cause he's got all her jewellery and wallet

You might laugh you might frown

walkin round London town

Chorus

Sun is in the sky oh why oh why?

Would I wanna be anywhere else

Sun is in the sky oh why oh why?

Would I wanna be anywhere else

When you look with your eyes

Everything seems nice

But if you look twice

you can see it's all lies

Life, that's city life, yeah that's city life, that's city life

Life, that's city life, yeah that's city life, that's city life

Chorus

Sun is in the sky oh why oh why?

Would I wanna be anywhere else

Sun is in the sky oh why oh why?

Would I wanna be anywhere else

Chorus x4

-.-

Copyright EMI Records 2006

"Smile"

When you first left me I was wanting more
But you were doing that girl next door, what ja do that for
When you first left me I didn't know what to say
I never been on my own that way, just sat by myself all day

I was so lost back then
But with a little help from my friends
I found a light in the tunnel at the end
Now you're calling me up on the phone
So you can have a little whine and a moan
And it's only because you're feeling alone

At first when I see you cry,
yeah it makes me smile, yeah it makes my smile
At worst I feel bad for a while,
but then I just smile I go ahead and smile

Whenever you see me you say that you want me back
And I tell you it don't mean jack, no it don't mean jack
I couldn't stop laughing, no I just could help myself
See you messed up my mental health I was quite unwell

I was so lost back then
But with a little help from my friends
I found a light in the tunnel at the end
Now you're calling me up on the phone
So you can have a little whine and a moan
And it's only because you're feeling alone

At first when I see you cry,
yeah it makes me smile, yeah it makes my smile
At worst I feel bad for a while,
but then I just smile I go ahead and smile

lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala lalala

At first when I see you cry,
yeah it makes me smile, yeah it makes my smile
At worst I feel bad for a while,
but then I just smile I go ahead and smile

lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala

-.-
Copyright EMI Records 2006

Lily Allen, la nueva princesa del pop británico, tiende a decir lo que piensa. Ella es la hija de 21 años del actor Keith Allen, y sus ingeniosas y emotivas letras ayudaron a empujar su primer sencillo, Smile, al número 1. Pero ¿qué hay de aquellos que piensan que su antecesor famoso la ayudó a pavimentar el camino? “Todos piensan que porque mi papá apareció en unas pocas películas y escribió una canción fútbol, he estado andando en limusinas toda mi vida. No era así.”

Tal como suena Lily no es la típica dueña de los charts. Pero aparte de su intense honestidad, que ya es su marca registrada, es la forma en cómo llegó a la cima lo que hace noticia. No fue una ruta tradicional hacia las disqueras y radios, en vez, Allen subió cuatro canciones al popular sitio MySpace en noviembre del 2005, y vio su popularidad elevarse como un cohete. Su audiencia fue de cientos de miles. Su sitio, de repente se transformo en una base de fans que sobrepasaron los 40 mil. Todo, antes de que sacara un disco.

Es una perfecta historia de éxito para la era de “Big Brother”. Pero los entendidos del pop, insisten de que, a pesar del bombo on-line, es el talento lo que ha asegurado su ascenso.

Una extraña infancia, según Allen, es la responsable de sus letras. Keith Allen abandonó a su familia cuando Lily tenía sólo cuatro años. Dejándola, junto a sus hermanos, atrapados entre la celebridad y las deudas. Lily se unió a Club Groucho a los 17, y su madre, Alison Owen, se transformó en productora de cine que incluso ha sido nominada al Oscar.