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For Davies, it was so individual he didn’t even dare show the lyrics to the opposite Kinks till he recorded his vocal. As he reported, “It was like an extract from the diary nobody was allowed to browse.” Nonetheless it became his most beloved creation. You’d never know from the song what a dump Waterloo Station is — a tribute to Davies�

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