More Blitz Than Ritz-The Crookes

[00:31.35]If you are more blitz than ritz they'll tell you every day [00:37.58]That she's much too proud to take you out [00:41.55]Her dreams a frock away [00:44.77]And oh her majesty knows [00:51.13]That damn fine girls need damn fine clothes [00:59.20] [01:00.13]Young girls dance in arabesques so swiftly through the dark [01:06.55]And they're hunted by those hounds of men [01:10.69]Who search for tell tale hearts [01:13.79]And oh we all still know [01:20.25]That it's far too hard to ever let them go [01:26.90] [01:29.36]Don't lose sight of what you were hoping to be [01:37.59]Blood stains a rosary [01:41.09] [01:43.05]And by night the choir's screaming [01:47.35]Set that child alight [01:52.76] [02:06.23]If you long for foreign seas when winter proves too cruel [02:12.09]They'll be spitting from balconies [02:16.16]The drunken priest's a fool [02:19.57]God knows he's too poor to go [02:25.14] [02:25.66]Begging down on the streets below [02:32.29] [02:34.94]Red lace from another class tied loosely around their necks [02:40.90]And there's young love bound in blood stained gowns [02:45.53]They almost had their heads [02:48.61]And oh we all still know [02:54.77]That borrowed highs aren't worth the awful lows [03:01.30] [03:03.92]Don't lose sight of what you were hoping to be [03:12.03]Blood stains a rosary [03:15.89] [03:17.55]And by night the choir's screaming [03:20.95] [03:21.80]Set that child alight [03:27.25] [03:55.22]If you long for foreign seas when winter proves too cruel [04:03.22] [04:04.90]They'll be spitting from balconies [04:12.06]