Andy Rourke - The Queen Is Dead lyrics

[Intro 1 - "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 [Intro 2] I don't bless them [Verse 1] Farewell to this land's cheerless marshes Hemmed in like a boar between arches Her very Lowness with her head in a sling I'm truly sorry but it sounds like a wonderful thing I say Charles don't you ever crave To appear on the front of the Daily Mail Dressed in your Mother's bridal veil? [Verse 2] And so I checked all the registered historical facts And I was shocked into shame to discover How I'm the 18th pale descendent 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 nine year old tough who peddles d** I swear to God, I swear I never even knew what d** were [Verse 3] 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 are tied to your mother's apron No-one talks about castration [Verse 4] We can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry And talk about precious things Like love and law and poverty (These are the things that k** 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 (These are the things that k** me) All those lies about makeup and long hair, they're still there [Verse 5] Pa**ed the pub that saps your body And the church who'll snatch your money The Queen is dead, boys And it's so lonely on a limb Pa** 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 [Outro] 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