Home for a Rest

[00:14.67] You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
[00:21.80] I've been gone for a month, I've been drunk since I left
[00:29.35] These so-called vacations will soon be my death
[00:36.05] I'm so sick from the drink, I need home for a rest
[00:45.95] We arrived in December and London was cold
[00:49.77] We stayed in the bars along Charing Cross Road
[00:53.37] We never saw nothin' but brass taps and oak
[00:56.74] Kept a shine on the bar with the sleeves of our coats
[01:00.47] You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
[01:03.77] I've been gone for a week
[01:05.59] I've been drunk since I left
[01:07.33] And these so-called vacations
[01:09.53] Will soon be my death
[01:11.18] I'm so sick from the drink
[01:12.76] I need home for a rest
[01:14.62] Take me home...
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[01:22.77] Euston Station the train journey North
[01:26.22] In the buffet car we lurched back and forth
[01:29.36] Past old crooked dykes through Yorkshire's green fields
[01:32.80] We were flung into dance as the train jigged and reeled
[01:36.87] You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
[01:40.03] I've been gone for a week
[01:41.76] I've been drunk since I left
[01:43.36] And these so-called vacations
[01:45.51] Will soon be my death
[01:47.49] I'm so sick from the drink
[01:49.13] I need home for a rest
[01:50.72] Take me home...
[01:52.16]
[02:07.37] By the light of the moon, she'd drift through the streets
[02:11.32] A rare old perfume, so seductive and sweet
[02:14.83] She'd tease us and flirt, as the pubs all closed down
[02:18.65] Then walk us on home and deny us a round
[02:22.14] You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
[02:25.39] I've been gone for a month
[02:26.99] I've been drunk since I left
[02:28.89] And these so-called vacations
[02:30.96] Will soon be my death
[02:32.76] I'm so sick from the drink
[02:34.33] I need home for a rest
[02:36.04] Take me home...
[02:37.39]
[02:43.94] The gas heater's empty, it's damp as a tomb
[02:47.32] The spirits we drank now ghosts in the room
[02:50.97] I'm knackered again, come on sleep take me soon
[02:54.38] And don't lift up my head 'til the the twelve bells at noon
[02:58.20] You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
[03:01.54] I've been gone for a month
[03:03.50] I've been drunk since I left
[03:05.37] And these so-called vacations
[03:07.36] Will soon be my death
[03:08.87] I'm so sick from the drink
[03:10.87] I need home for a rest
[03:12.53] Take me home...
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