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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Chris Difford
Lead Vocals
Glenn Tilbrook
Background Vocals
John Bentley
Bass Guitar
Gilson Lavis
Drums
Paul Carrack
Hammond Organ
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Chris Difford
Lyrics
Glenn Tilbrook
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Roger Bechirian
Producer
Elvis Costello
Producer
Lyrics
(Difford/Tilbrook)
Bar illuminations shiver
Shadows on the street
The Cypriot sailors
Find the world back at their feet
Endless days of tobacco nights by the radio
I wonder if they'll ever go to heaven
The beer mats are wading
In a table of froth
The bar girl is serving
With a check drying cloth
She'll bend over backwards even though she's knackered
I wonder if there'll have her up in heaven
Like the sailors I walk home, it's six a.m.
Heaven's round the corner in a comfortable bed
And I love her.
The officers and seamen
Elbow places at the bar
Words that tempt the goddess
Don't leave beats upon the heart
But she'll service his pleasure
And never know the treasure
That his wife keeps forever up in heaven
The first light of the morning
Proves too much for the street
No one sees each other
Just their presence there to meet
Your chin takes to stubble at the sight of a funnel
And the gangplank is no trouble up to heaven
Writer(s): Christopher Difford, Glenn Tilbrook
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