<![CDATA["I met her in a club down in old SohoWhere you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola"]]>"I met her in a club down in old Soho
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola"

3rd June 1970 Ray Davies flies 6,000 miles to re- record that 1 line

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