Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Al Bowlly's In Heaven , by - Richard Thompson. Release date: 04.06.2012
Song language: English
Al Bowlly's In Heaven |
| Well we were heroes then, and the girls were all pretty |
| And a uniform was a lucky charm, bought you the key to the city |
| We used to dance the whole night through |
| While Al Bowlly sang «The Very Thought Of You» |
| Now Bowlly’s in heaven and I’m in limbo now |
| Well I gave my youth to king and country |
| But what’s my country done for me but sentenced me to misery |
| I traded my helmet and my parachute |
| For a pair of crutches and a demob suit |
| Al Bowlly’s in heaven and I’m in limbo now |
| Hard times, hard hard times |
| Hostels and missions and dosser’s soup lines |
| Can’t close me eyes on a bench or a bed |
| For the sound of some battle raging in my head |
| Old friends, you lose so many |
| You get run around, all over town |
| The wear and the tear, oh it just drives you down |
| St Mungo’s with its dirty old sheets |
| Beats standing all day down on Scarborough Street |
| Al Bowlly’s in heaven and I’m in limbo now |
| Can’t stay here, you got to foot-slog |
| Once in a blue moon you might find a job |
| Sleep in the rain, you sleep in the snow |
| When the beds are all taken you’ve got nowhere to go |
| Well I can see me now, I’m back there on the dance floor |
| Oh with a blonde on me arm, red-head to spare |
| Spit on my shoes and shine in me hair |
| And there’s Al Bowlly, he’s up on a stand |
| Oh that was a voice and that was a band |
| Al Bowlly’s in heaven and I’m in limbo now |