Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Off the rails I was and

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 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

(No, no. No, no, no. You can't get there that way. Follow me...)

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.

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