Oh, take me back to dear old Blighty
Put me on the train for London Town
Take me anywhere
Drop me anywhere
Oh, take me back to dear old Blighty
Put me on the train for London Town
Take me anywhere
Drop me anywhere
In 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 archers
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?
(Oh, oh-oh, oh)
[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 drugs
I swear to God, I swear I never even knew what drugs were
(Oh, oh-oh, oh)
[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
(Oh, oh-oh)
[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, oh, oh
(These are the things that kill 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, oh
(These are the things that kill me)
All their lies about makeup and long hair, are still there
[Verse 5]
Past 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
Pass 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
Oh, vrati me nazad na dragi stari Blighty
Stavite me u voz za London Town
Povedi me bilo gdje
Baci me bilo gdje
U Liverpoolu, Leeds ili Birmingham
Ali nije me briga
Volio bih vidjeti-
[INTRO 2]
Ne blagoslovljam ih
[VERSE 1]
(Oproštajno) na ovu zemlju vesele močvare
HEMMED IN LIKE VOĆE između strijelaca
Njena vrlo lovnica sa glavom u remen
Iskreno mi je žao, ali zvuči kao divna stvar
Kažem da Charles nikad ne žudi
Da se pojavi na prednjoj strani dnevne pošte
Obučeni u mladenku vaše majke?
(Oh, oh-oh, oh)
[VERSE 2]
I tako sam provjerio sve registrovane povijesne činjenice
I bio sam šokiran u sramotu da otkrijem
Kako sam ja 18. blijed sitnica
Neke stare kraljice ili druge
Oh, da li se svijet promijenio ili sam se promijenio?
Oh, da li se svijet promijenio ili sam se promijenio?
Nekih devetogodišnjih teških koji se drži droge
Kunem se Bogom, kunem se da nikad nisam ni znao kakve su droge
(Oh, oh-oh, oh)
[VERSE 3]
Pa sam se probio u palaču
Sa spužvom i zahrđalom ključem
Rekla je: "Eh, znam te, i ne možeš da pevaš"
Rekao sam: "To nije ništa, trebali biste me čuti kako igram klavir"
Možemo ići u šetnju tamo gdje je tiha i suha
I razgovarajte o dragocjenim stvarima
Ali kad ste vezani za pregaču svoje majke
Niko ne govori o kastraciji
(Oh, oh-oh)
[VERSE 4]
Možemo ići u šetnju tamo gdje je tiha i suha
I razgovarajte o dragocjenim stvarima
Poput ljubavi i zakona i siromaštva, oh, oh
(Ovo su stvari koje me ubijaju)
Možemo ići u šetnju tamo gdje je tiha i suha
I razgovarajte o dragocjenim stvarima
Ali kiša koja mi plaši kosu, oh
(Ovo su stvari koje me ubijaju)
Sve njihove laži o šminku i dugim kosima, još uvijek su tu
[VERSE 5]
Pored puba koji radi vaše tijelo
I crkva koja će vam ugrabiti novac
Kraljica je mrtva, momci
I tako je usamljeno na ud
Proći pub koji olupi telo
I crkva, sve što žele je vaš novac
Kraljica je mrtva, momci
I tako je usamljeno na ud
[Outro]
Život je jako dug, kad si usamljen
Život je jako dug, kad si usamljen
Život je jako dug, kad si usamljen
Život je jako dug, kad si usamljen