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(Casino Steel/Ian Hunter/Dangerfield)

You were just a twinkle in your teenage mother's eyes
I was squeezing Brylcreem on my hair
No one taught us how to be politically correct
And no one told our winkles what to wear

I've been there, I've done it
I've seen it all
That was my contribution oh-oh
So much for the revolution

When someone said, let's go to bed nobody was scared
We were up to no good all the time
Judging by those freckles and the shades upon your nose
It's possible you could be one of mine

I've been there, I've done it
I've seen it all
That was my revolution

On the road again, back at number ten
Underneath the lights a thousand and one nights
A revolution for fun
You better lock up your mum

I've been there, I've done it
Well, I've seen them come and go
That's for you to guess and that's for me to know
oh, baby
That's for you to guess and that's for me to know
So much for revolution
So much for revolution
That was my revolution
 

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Обращение к Британии от имени... британского флага... Гениальный текст + чарующий "звуковой пейзаж".

Poor Britannia - drowning in your waves
With the body of the unknown soldier and the best of the brave
I have known you ever since I was a child
How come you don’t salute me - now - when I smile

You was always so young and on all o’ that money
How come new mourners pass you by and think it’s so funny
I’d be there with you but I’m chained unto this stake
For I am loyalty but my mast I cannot forsake

I looked down on a bunch of amusements, I looked down walls
I’ve looked on hangings ’n parades ’n city halls
And I’ve seen love in so many living rooms
And I’ve seen rich men slowly die inside their tombs

I know we’re just two charms but it’s heavy on my mind
Have faith in me I said, now, look at time
I know you’re just a victim of your history but
Have faith in me, I said and you would be free....

You pull me up and you pull me down
And when the queen’s in residence I hang around
I don’t wave madly ’cos the climate’s civilised
Just flutter sadly ’cos I’m old ’n I’m wise

And you-you been up, and you - you been down
You been through many things I know you been around
I have fought armies for you in the conflicts of the past
Britannia, I implore you, do not lower me by half...

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Великолепное выступление с Миком Ронсоном на программе Fridays (1979) 

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I was born - 3rd of June - hard labor - Gemini moon

I was raised in a country town

Livin’ dead were all puttin’ me down

Flesh and blood - my flesh and blood

They kicked me out - they never understood that...

That it’s alright – it’s alright- it’s alright to be a loner...

Пронзительная баллада Ships попала в верхние строчки чартов только в виде кавера, исполненного любимчиком домохозяек Бари Манилоу. На вопрос, что думает об той версии, Иэн ответил - Ну не знаю... столько модуляций... 

Оригинал был, конечно же, лучше.

We walked to the sea, just my father and me
and the dogs played around on the sand.
Winter cold cut the air, hanging still everywhere
dressed in gray did he say hold my hand?
I said love's easier when it's far away
We sat and watched the distant lights.

We're two ships that pass in the night
And we smile when we say it's alright.
We're still here, it's just that we're out of sight
like those ships that pass in the night.

There's a boat on the line where the sea meets the sky.
There's another that rides far behind.
And it seems you and I are like strangers a wide
Ways apart as we drift on through time.
He said it's harder now you're far away
We only read you when you write.

We're two ships that pass in the night
We both smile when we say it's alright.
We're still here, Oh it's just that we're out of sight
like those ships that pass in the night.

We're two ships that pass in the night...
 

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