The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead / Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty

Oh take me back
to dear old blighty
Put me on the train
for london town
Take me anywhere
Drop me anywhere
Liverpool leeds or birmingham
But i don't care
I should like to see my
I don't bless them
Farewell to this land's
cheerless marshes
Hemmed in like
a boar between arches
Her very lowness
with a head in a sling
I'm truly sorry
but it sounds
like a wonderful thing
I said charles
don't you ever crave
To appear on the front
of the daily mail
Dressed in
your mother's bridal veil
Oh
And so
i checked all the
registered historical facts
And i was shocked
into shame to discover
How i'm the 18th pale descendant
Of some old queen or other
Oh has the world changed
or have i changed
Oh has the world changed
or have i changed
Some 9 year old tough
who peddles drugs
I swear to god
i never even knew what drugs were
Oh
So i broke into the palace
With a sponge and a rusty spanner
She said eh i know you
and you cannot sing
I said that's nothing
you should hear me play piano
We can go for a walk
where it's quiet and dry
And talk about precious things
But when you're tied
to your mother's apron
No one talks about castration
Oh
We can go for a walk
where it's quiet and dry
And talk about precious things
Like love and law and poverty
Oh these are the things that kill me
We can go for a walk
where it's quiet and dry
And talk about precious things
But the rain that flattens my hair
Oh these are the things that kill me
All their lies about make up
and long hair are still there
Past the pub
who saps your body
And the church
who'll snatch your money
The queen is dead boys
And it's so lonely on a limb
Past the pub
that wrecks your body
And the church
all they want is your money
The queen is dead boys
And it's so lonely on a limb
Life is very long
when you're lonely
Life is very long
when you're lonely
Life is very long
when you're lonely
Life is very long
when you're lonely
Oh take me back
to dear old blighty
Put me on the train
for london town
Take me anywhere
Drop me anywhere
Liverpool leeds or birmingham
But i don't care
I should like to see my
I don't bless them
Farewell to this land's
cheerless marshes
Hemmed in like
a boar between arches
Her very lowness
with a head in a sling
I'm truly sorry
but it sounds
like a wonderful thing
I said charles
don't you ever crave
To appear on the front
of the daily mail
Dressed in
your mother's bridal veil
Oh
And so
i checked all the
registered historical facts
And i was shocked
into shame to discover
How i'm the 18th pale descendant
Of some old queen or other
Oh has the world changed
or have i changed
Oh has the world changed
or have i changed
Some 9 year old tough
who peddles drugs
I swear to god
i never even knew what drugs were
Oh
So i broke into the palace
With a sponge and a rusty spanner
She said eh i know you
and you cannot sing
I said that's nothing
you should hear me play piano
We can go for a walk
where it's quiet and dry
And talk about precious things
But when you're tied
to your mother's apron
No one talks about castration
Oh
We can go for a walk
where it's quiet and dry
And talk about precious things
Like love and law and poverty
Oh these are the things that kill me
We can go for a walk
where it's quiet and dry
And talk about precious things
But the rain that flattens my hair
Oh these are the things that kill me
All their lies about make up
and long hair are still there
Past the pub
who saps your body
And the church
who'll snatch your money
The queen is dead boys
And it's so lonely on a limb
Past the pub
that wrecks your body
And the church
all they want is your money
The queen is dead boys
And it's so lonely on a limb
Life is very long
when you're lonely
Life is very long
when you're lonely
Life is very long
when you're lonely
Life is very long
when you're lonely
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty (Medley))

Label: Transmedia, Rough Trade Format: Vinyl, 12" Country: UK Released: 1986.

Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty

Scene taken from The L-Shaped Room (1962) and sampled by The Smiths at the beginning of 'The Queen is Dead'

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