"They smelt of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs" from Down in the tube station at midnight by the jam
"They smelt of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs" from Down in the tube station at midnight by the jam
"Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"
Slim Dusty! [Edit: just noticed the Roger B beat me to it. I've got a version by the Aussie Bush Band]
Oh it's-a lonesome away from your kindred and all
By the campfire at night we'll hear the wild dingoes call
But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear
Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer
Waes hael!
Hurry Up 'Arry by Sham 69
(we're goin' down the pub)
Waes hael!
Harry Champion, music hall singer, he of 'boiled beef and carrots' fame, sang 'The Old Red Lion'
MILD:
Just Jack had a hit a few years ago with a song called 'Stars in Their Eyes' which was a bit of an attack on modern day, X-Factor pop stars and the industry that creates them.
One of the lines from the song is:
It's a long way to come from the Dog and Duck karaoke machine - Saturday night's drunken dreams.
Just thought of another one...Cornerstone by Gordon Brown's favourite band, the Arctic Monkeys.
I thought a saw you in the BATTLESHIP, but it was only a look alike
She was nothing but a vision trick under the warning light
I thought I saw you in the RUSTY HOOK, huddled up in a wicker chair
I wandered over for a closer look and kissed whoever was sitting there
I thought I saw you in the PARROT'S BEAK messing with a smoke alarm
It was too loud for me to hear her speak, and she had a broken arm
I saw your sister in the CORNERSTONE on the phone to the middle man
When I saw that she was on her own, I thought she might understand
I don't think anyone has mentioned Marvin Gaye's classic I Heard it Through The Grapevine yet.
I've just joined Alcoholics Anonymous - I still drink, just under a different name.
Mike Batt's The Railway Hotel http://www.metrolyrics.com/railway-h...mike-batt.html
had wanted much more for the first night with you,
But the railway hotel was the best I could do.
I knew the Savoy would have suited you well,
But the best I could do was the railway hotel.