The Kinks - Village Green (Official Audio)

Visit the official store and listen now: https://thekinks.bio.to/TheKinks "Village Green" is taken from The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, the band’s sixth studio album, released in November 1968. A nostalgic concept record celebrated as one of the band’s masterpieces, it explores English identity, memory, and the passing of time. Ray Davies crafted a series of character sketches and vignettes inspired by Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood, blending baroque pop, folk, and psychedelia to create a world both familiar and fading, with themes of lost youth, change, and longing run throughout. The legendary British band formed by Ray and Dave Davies in 1963, The Kinks helped shape rock music with their sharp songwriting and unforgettable riffs. From "You Really Got Me" to "Come Dancing" via "Lola", their influence was far reaching through heavy metal, power pop, and modern rock. Explore their timeless songs right here on the official Kinks channel. Lyrics: Out in the country, Far from all the soot and noise of the city, There's a village green. It's been a long time Since I last set eyes on the church with the steeple Down by the village green. 'Twas there I met a girl called Daisy And kissed her by the old oak tree. Although I loved my Daisy, I sought fame, And so I left the village green. I miss the village green, And all the simple people. I miss the village green, The church, the clock, the steeple. I miss the morning dew, fresh air and Sunday school. And now all the houses Are rare antiquities. American tourists flock to see the village green. They snap their photographs and say "Gawd darn it, Isn't it a pretty scene?" And Daisy's married Tom the grocer boy, And now he owns a grocery. I miss the village green, And all the simple people. I miss the village green, The church, the clock, the steeple. I miss the morning dew, fresh air and Sunday school. And I will return there, And I'll see Daisy, And we'll sip tea, laugh, And talk about the village green. We will laugh and talk about the village green. #Kinks #VillageGreen #Rock