If Queen Bodecia is long dead and gone. 

Well the spirit in her children's children's children still lives on 

And if Elvis he was the King had his piece of the pie 

Well now his century's over I'm having mine* 

But if you've lost your faith in love and music the end won't be long. 

Cos if it's gone for you then I too may lose it and that would be wrong. 

You know I've tried so hard to keep myself from falling back into my bad old ways 

And it chars my heart to always hear you calling 

Calling for the good old days 

Because there were no 'good old days' 

These are the good old days 



And it's not about tenements and needles 

and all the evils in their eyes and the backs of their minds. 

Daisy chains and school-yard games 

and a list of things we said we'd do tomorrow. 

A list of things we said we'd do tomorrow. 



The Arcadian dream has fallen through 

But the Albion sails on course 

So man the decks and hoist the rigging 

Because the pigmans found the source 

And there's twelve rude boys on the oars 

(they're singing 'row row row') 



*The last two lines of this verse are only sung when they perform live, these lyrics are written in the booklet but for some reason are not sung in the album version. 



Alternate lyrics: 

Babyshambles Sessions NY 2003 



Arcadia's dream's all fallen through 

but the Albion has no remorse 

'cause she was born outside the lights in a graveyard blue 



next line is mumbly and disputed: 



I was born under the porch 

OR 

I was born under(neath) the oars 

OR 

I was born in the north 

OR 

I was born under the moon 



Row, row, row, row, row 

Speak, my love, speak 



At the Dirty Pretty Things performance at Carling Academy, 

Birmingham, 26.11.06, Carl changed 



but the Albion sails on course 



to 



but I'm still holding on 























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