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Artist: Ian Dury
Canonical path: /ian-dury/back-to-blighty
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Back To Blighty
Read Back To Blighty lyrics by Ian Dury on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Back To Blighty
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When faced with a hinderance
The brave mountaineer
Turns and walks back into the wind
But my hesitation
In strange hemisphere
Makes me quit before I begin
Intrepid explorer
He agrees on extremes
Pursues the unknown with perfect aplone
Behaves like a trooper
Who brags and blasphemes
Tell the truth, I want to go home
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The poor navigator
The siren that calls
Heeds not a warning of coming distress
Although you're a charmer
The prospect appals
Going back to my former address
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(There is a green hill far away)
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