Home For A Rest

by Spirit of the West

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You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best,

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I've been gone for a month, I've been drunk since I left.

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These so-called vacations will soon be my death,

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I'm so sick from the drink, I need home for a rest...


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We arrived in December and London was cold,

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We stayed in the bars along Charing Cross Road.

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We never saw nothing but brass taps and oak,

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Kept the shine on the bar with the sleeves of our coats.


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You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best,

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I've been gone for a week, I've been drunk since I left.

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And these so-called vacations will soon be my death,

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I'm so sick from the drink, I need home for a rest,

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TAKE ME HOME!


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Euston Station, the train journey north,

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In the buffet car, we lurched back and forth.

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Past old crooked dykes, through Yorkshire's green fields,

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We were flung into dance as the train jigged and reeled.


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You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best,

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I've been gone for a week, I've been drunk since I left.

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And these so-called vacations will soon be my death,

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I'm so sick from the drink, I need home for a rest,

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TAKE ME HOME!


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By the light of the moon, she'd drift through the streets,

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A rare old perfume, so seductive and sweet.

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She'd tease us and flirt as the pubs all closed down,

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Then walk us on home and deny us a round.


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You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best,

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I've been gone for a month, I've been drunk since I left.

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And these so-called vacations will soon be my death,

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I'm so sick from the drink, I need home for a rest,

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TAKE ME HOME!


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The gas heater's empty, it's as damp as a tomb,

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The spirits we drank now ghosts in the room.

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I'm knackered again, come on sleep, take me soon,

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And don't lift up my head 'till the twelve bells at noon.


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You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best,

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I've been gone for a month, I've been drunk since I left.

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And these so-called vacations will soon be my death,

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I'm so sick from the drink, I need home for a rest,

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TAKE ME HOME!