Home for a Rest-Irish Pub Music

[ti:Home for a Rest] [ar:Irish Songs] [al:St Patrick's Day Songs - 50 Irish Songs - Irish Party Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Home for a Rest - Irish Pub Music [00:14.91]You'll have to excuse me [00:17.76]I'm not at my best [00:20.24] [00:20.83]I've been gone for a month [00:23.11] [00:23.71]I've been drunk since I left [00:26.81] [00:27.81]These so called vacations will soon be my death [00:32.96] [00:33.65]I'm so sick from the drink [00:36.63]I need home for a rest [00:40.91] [00:43.43]We arrived in December and London was cold [00:46.41] [00:47.08]We stayed in the bars along Charing Cross Road [00:50.09] [00:50.84]We never saw nothing but brass taps and oak [00:54.12]Kept a shine on the bar with the sleeves of our coats [00:57.23] [00:57.96]You'll have to excuse me [00:59.86]I'm not at my best [01:01.49]I've been gone for a week [01:03.22]I've been drunk since I left [01:05.05]And these so called vacations [01:07.25]Will soon be my death [01:08.81]I'm so sick from the drink [01:10.53]I need home for a rest [01:11.83] [01:12.36]Take me home [01:13.45] [01:20.23]Euston Station the train journey North [01:22.47] [01:23.17]In the buffet car we lurched back and forth [01:25.89] [01:26.69]Past old crooked dykes through Yorkshire's green fields [01:30.03]We were flung into dance as the train jigged and reeled [01:33.06] [01:33.90]You'll have to excuse me [01:35.14] [01:35.67]I'm not at my best [01:36.80] [01:37.38]I've been gone for a week [01:39.04]I've been drunk since I left [01:40.80]These so called vacations will soon be my death [01:44.58]I'm so sick from the drink [01:46.32]I need home for a rest [01:48.45] [02:04.15]By the light of the moon [02:05.56] [02:06.10]She'd drift through the streets [02:07.19] [02:07.84]A rare old perfume [02:08.96] [02:09.47]So seductive and sweet [02:10.79] [02:11.51]She'd tease us and flirt [02:13.12]As the pubs all closed down [02:14.39] [02:15.14]Then walk us on home and deny us a round [02:17.96] [02:18.71]You'll have to excuse me [02:20.60]I'm not at my best [02:22.27]I've been gone for a month [02:23.97]I've been drunk since I left [02:25.80]And these so called vacations [02:27.24] [02:27.88]Will soon be my death [02:29.64]I'm so sick from the drink [02:31.25]I need home for a rest [02:33.06]Take me home [02:34.47] [02:40.42]The gas heater's empty [02:41.47] [02:42.07]It's damp as a tomb [02:43.12] [02:43.78]The spirits we drank now ghosts in the room [02:46.75] [02:47.54]I'm knackered again come on sleep take me soon [02:50.36] [02:50.96]And don't lift up my head [02:52.65]Till the twelve bells at noon [02:54.02] [02:54.70]You'll have to excuse me [02:56.63]I'm not at my best [02:58.29]I've been gone for a month [02:59.99]I've been drunk since I left [03:01.83]And these so called vacations [03:03.30] [03:03.95]Will soon be my death [03:05.56]I'm so sick from the drink [03:07.49]I need home for a rest