The Queen Is Dead, Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty (Medley)

Song The Queen Is Dead, Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty (Medley)
Artist The Smiths
Album Your Generation

Lyrics

[00:41.21] Farewell to this land's cheerless marches
[00:46.55] Hemmed in like a boar between arches
[00:49.81] Her very Lowness with her head in a sling
[00:52.38] I'm truly sorry but it sounds like a wonderful thing
[01:00.06] I say Charles don't you ever crave
[01:03.60] To appear on the front of the Daily Mail
[01:07.34] Dressed in your Mother's bridal veil?
[01:17.12] And so I checked all the registered historical facts
[01:20.59] And I was shocked into shame to discover
[01:23.77] How I'm the 18th pale descendent
[01:27.40] Of some old queen or other
[01:30.82] Oh has the world changed, or have I changed?
[01:34.16] Oh has the world changed, or have I changed?
[01:37.53] Some nine year old tough who peddles drugs
[01:40.62] I swear to God, I swear I never even knew what drugs were
[01:51.17] So I broke into the Palace
[01:54.44] With a sponge and a rusty spanner
[01:57.57] She said: 'Eh, I know you, and you cannot sing
[02:00.45] I said: 'that's nothing - you should hear me play piano
[02:04.87] We can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry
[02:08.51] And talk about precious things
[02:11.63] But when you are tied to your mother's apron
[02:15.02] No-one talks about castration
[02:25.38] We can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry
[02:28.85] And talk about precious things
[02:32.04] Like love and law and poverty
[02:36.76] These are the things that kill me
[02:39.53] We can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry
[02:43.10] And talk about precious things
[02:45.99] But the rain that flattens my hair
[02:50.34] These are the things that kill me
[03:03.46] Passed the pub that saps your body
[03:06.60] And the church who'll snatch your money
[03:09.56] The Queen is dead, boys
[03:12.03] And it's so lonely on a limb
[03:16.98] Pass the pub that wrecks your body
[03:20.19] And the church, all they want is your money
[03:22.87] The Queen is dead, boys
[03:25.38] And it's so lonely on a limb
[03:42.94] Life is very long, when you're lonely
[03:56.46] Life is very long, when you're lonely
[04:10.22] Life is very long, when you're lonely
[04:24.03] Life is very long, when you're lonely