When David Gilmour of Pink Floyd was asked in an interview if he could name any song he wishes he might have created, he replied it would be The Kinks' Waterloo Sunset, and went on to praise the song. www.songfacts.com /detail.php?id=4147
As Ray Davies admitted in an interview, "The Lyrics could be better" but they were "heartfelt and sincere" and "they dovetail with the music perfectly."
And to paraphrase an old comment "if at 20 you have no love for God, for God's people, for God's creation, you have no heart, if at 40 you're not a conservative, you have no sense." But heart comes first.
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Last of the Steam-Powered Trains - 1968
Like the last of the good ol' puffer trains
I'm the last of the blood and sweat brigade
And I don't know where I'm going, or why I came
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam-powered trains
I'm the last of the good old renegades
All my friends are all middle class and grey
But I live in a museum, so I'm okay
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam-powered trains
Like the last of the good ol' choo-choo trains
Huff and puff 'till I blow this world away
And I'm gonna keep on rollin' till my dying day
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam-powered trains
Like the last of the good ol' puffer trains
I'm the last of the soot and scum brigade
And all this peaceful living is drivin' me insane
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam-powered trains
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam-powered trains