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

[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