Al Bowlly's In Heaven Lyrics

The song Al Bowlly's In Heaven is performed by Richard Thompson in the album named Watching The Dark: The History of Richard Thompson in the year 1993 .



Well we were heroes then, and the girls were all pretty
And a uniform was a lucky charm, bought you the key to the city
We used to dance the whole night through
While Al Bowlly sang "The Very Thought Of You"
Now Bowlly's in heaven and I'm in limbo now

Well I gave my youth to king and country
But what's my country done for me but sentenced me to misery
I traded my helmet and my parachute
For a pair of crutches and a demob suit
Al Bowlly's in heaven and I'm in limbo now

Hard times, hard hard times
Hostels and missions and dosser's soup lines
Can't close me eyes on a bench or a bed
For the sound of some battle raging in my head

Old friends, you lose so many
You get run around, all over town
The wear and the tear, oh it just drives you down
St Mungo's with its dirty old sheets
Beats standing all day down on Scarborough Street
Al Bowlly's in heaven and I'm in limbo now

Can't stay here, you got to foot-slog
Once in a blue moon you might find a job
Sleep in the rain, you sleep in the snow
When the beds are all taken you've got nowhere to go

Well I can see me now, I'm back there on the dance floor
Oh with a blonde on me arm, red-head to spare
Spit on my shoes and shine in me hair
And there's Al Bowlly, he's up on a stand
Oh that was a voice and that was a band
Al Bowlly's in heaven and I'm in limbo now



Richard Thompson - Watching The Dark: The History of Richard Thompson

May 1993

  1. A Man In Need
  2. Crash The Party
  3. Bird In God's Garden / Lost And Found
  4. Now Be Thankful
  5. A Sailor's Life
  6. Genesis Hall
  7. The Knife-Edge
  8. Walking On A Wire
  9. Small Town Romance
  10. Shepherd's March / Maggie Cameron
  11. Wall Of Death
  12. For Shame Of Doing Wrong
  13. Back Street Slide
  14. Strange Affair
  15. Borrowed Time
  16. From Galway To Graceland
  17. Bogie's Bonnie Belle
  18. Poor Wee Jockey Clarke
  19. Jet Plane In A Rocking Chair
  20. Dimming Of The Day
  21. Old Man Inside A Young Man
  22. Never Again
  23. Hokey Pokey (The Ice Cream Song)
  24. A Heart Needs A Home
  25. Beat The Retreat
  26. Al Bowlly's In Heaven
  27. Walking Through A Wasted Land
  28. When The Spell Is Broken
  29. Little Blue Number
  30. I Ain't Going To Drag My Feet No More
  31. Withered And Died
  32. Nobody's Wedding
  33. The Poor Ditching Boy
  34. The Great Valerio
  35. Twisted
  36. Calvary Cross
  37. Jennie
  38. Shoot Out The Lights

Al Bowlly's In Heaven