Lyric Home For A Rest

CHORUS:
       you ll have to excuse me, i m not at my best
       i ve been gone for a month
       i ve been drunk since i left
       there so-called vacations
       will soon be my death
       i m so sick from teh drink
       i need home for a rest

we arrived in december and london was cold
so we stayed in thebars
along charing cross road
we never saw nothin but brass taps and oak
kept a shine on the bar
with the sleeves of our coats

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euston station the train journey north
in the buffet car we lurched back and forth
past odd crooked dykes
through yorkshire s green fields
we were flung into dance
as the train jigged and reeled

you ll have to excuse me, i m not at my best
i ve been gone for a month
i ve been drunk since i left
there so-called vacations
will soon be my death
i m so sick from teh drink
i need home for a rest
take me home....

by the light of the moon she d drift through the streets
a rare old perfume so seductive and sweet
she d tease us and flirt as the pubs all closed down
then walk us on home and deny us a round

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the gas heater s empty, it s damp as a tomb
and the spirits we drank are not ghosts in the room
i m knackered again, come on sleep take me soon
and don t lift up my head
till the the twelve bells at noon

you ll have to excuse me, i m not at my best
i ve been gone for a month
i ve been drunk since i left
there so-called vacations
will soon be my death
i m so sick from teh drink
i need home for a rest
take me home....