Home For A Rest lyrics

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.

These so-called vacations will
Soon be my death
I`m so sick from the drink
I need home for a rest....

We arrived in December
And London was cold,
We stayed in the bars
Along Jarring cross road.

We never saw nothing
But brass-tops and nook.
Kept a shine on the bar
With the sleeves of our coats.

You`ll have to excuse me,
I`m not at my best
I`ve been gone for a week
I`ve been drunk since I left.

These so-called vacations will
Soon be my death
I`m so sick from the drink
I need home for a rest....
Take me home!

Houston station
The train`s heading North,
In the bucket car
We looked back and forth.

I stole crooked dice
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 week
I`ve been drunk since I left.

These so-called vacations will
Soon be my death
I`m so sick from the drink
I need home for a rest....
Take me home!

By the light of the moon,
She drift through the streets,
A rare old perfume
So seductive and sweet

She teases and flirts
As the pubs all close down,
Then walk us on home
And deny us a round.

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.

These so-called vacations will
Soon be my death
I`m so sick from the drink
I need home for a rest....
Take me home!

The gas heat is empty
It`s damn past two
The spirits we drank
Left ghosts in the room

I`m asking again
Come on, please take me soon,
And don`t lift my head
Til the twelve bells at noon!

You`ll have to excuse me,
I`m not at my best
I`ve been gone for a week
I`ve been drunk since I left.

These so-called vacations will
Soon be my death
I`m so sick from the drink
I need home for a rest....
Take me home!
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