YouLyric
Sign in
Sign up for free
Battersea Boys
Share
Chris Difford
What's this song about?
Generate meaning
1
Our parents would treat us with carrots and sticks
2
Just two alcoholics up to their old tricks
3
Mum played piano and loved Gracie Fields
4
She would have been famous but we dragged at her heels
5
Our dad was a big man unshaven and strong
6
He loved to hear Gracie as she sang her song
7
The pub on a Sunday was where she would sing
8
And we'd play outside 'til the last bell would ring
9
My brother was gifted he had a great voice
10
Not like the other young Battersea Boys
11
He knew every opera and sang in the street
12
And with Sally's Army he'd play tambourine
13
My dad couldn't take it he called him a ppf
14
For singing Puccini so misunderstood
15
When he was just fourteen my brother was sent
16
To the Salvation Army to live with his friends
17
My mum hit the bottle as her son left home
18
She stood in our kitchen and cried all alone
19
My brother was gifted he had a great voice
20
Not like the other young Battersea Boys
21
He studied his music and we kept inn touch
22
We still have that old stream of brotherly love
23
He sings for his supper, still wants to be
24
A voice on the big stage with his own CD
25
Our parents are long gone cold in the ground
26
I served time in prison but they weren't around
27
I love my sweet brother his voice makes me cry
28
We sing for forgiveness as time passes us by
29
My brother was gifted he had a great voice
30
Not like the other young Battersea Boys
31
My brother was gifted he had a great voice
32
Not like the other young Battersea Boys
15 views
0 meanings
Go Pro
Unlimited meanings ยท Priority generation
Upgrade