Piccadilly Palare (2010 Remaster)

Off the rails, I wasn't off the rails

I was happy to stay

Get out of my way

On the rack, I was

Easy meat and a reasonably good buy

A reasonably good buy

The Piccadilly palare

Was just silly slang

Between me and the boys in my gang

So bona to vada

Oh, you

Your lovely eek and your lovely riah

We plied an ancient trade

Where we threw all of life's instructions away

Exchanging lies and digs my way

'Cause in a belted coat

Oh, I secretly knew that I hadn't a clue

The Piccadilly palare

Was just silly slang

Between me and the boys in my gang

Exchanging palare

You wouldn't understand

Good sons like you never do

A cold water room

It's not much, I know

But for now, it's where I belong

Am I really doing wrong?

Around the center of town

It's where I belong

Am I really doing wrong?

So why do you smile when you think about Earl's Court

But you cry when you think of all the battles you've fought and lost?

It may all end tomorrow

Or it could go on forever

In which case, I'm doomed

It could go on forever

In which case, I'm doomed