Levi Stubbs' Tears Lyrics

The song Levi Stubbs' Tears is performed by Billy Bragg in the album named Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg in the year 2003 .



With the money from her accident
She bought herself a mobile home
So at least she could get some enjoyment out of being alone
No one could say that she was left up on the shelf
"It's you and me against the world, kid", she mumbled to herself

When the world falls apart some things stay in place
Levi stubbs' tears run down his face

She ran away from home with her mother's best coat
She was married before she was even entitled to vote
And her husband was one of those blokes
The sort that only laughs at his own jokes
The sort that war takes away
And when there wasn't a war he left her anyway

When the world falls apart some things stay in place
Levi stubbs' tears run down his face

Norman Whitfield and Barratt Strong
Are here to make right everything that's wrong
Holland and Holland and Lamont Dozier too
Are here to make it all okay with you

And one dark night he came home from the sea
And put a hole in her body where no hole should be
It hurt her more to see him walking out the door
And though they stitched her back together
They left her heart in pieces on the floor

When the world falls apart some things stay in place
She takes off the Four Tops tape and puts it back in its case

And when the world falls apart some things stay in place
Levi stubbs' tears



Billy Bragg - Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg

Oct 2003

  1. St Swithin's Day
  2. Levi Stubbs' Tears
  3. Walk Away Renee
  4. Greetings To The New Brunette
  5. There Is Power In A Union
  6. Help Save The Youth Of America
  7. The Warmest Room
  8. Must I Paint You A Picture
  9. Valentine's Day Is Over
  10. Sexuality
  11. Cindy Of 1000 Lives
  12. Moving The Goalposts
  13. Tank Park Salute
  14. You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
  15. Accident Waiting To Happen (Red Stars Version)
  16. Sulk
  17. Upfield
  18. The Fourteenth Of February
  19. Brickbat
  20. The Space Race Is Over
  21. The Boy Done Good
  22. Ingrid Bergman
  23. Way Over Yonder In The Morning Key
  24. My Flying Saucer
  25. All You Fascists Bound To Lose (Blokes Version)
  26. NPWA
  27. St. Monday
  28. Somedays I See The Point
  29. Take Down The Union Jack (Band Version)

Levi Stubbs' Tears