pop
reggae
novelty
Lyrics
THE BOYS OF BALHAM
by Martin Crombie
Copyright 2013 Martin Crombie
Up on Tooting Common playing on the swings
Running round the sandpit doing nasty things
Rocking the Banana Boat then the Witches Hat
'Til somebody tells you "You shouldn't be doing that"
Going to the Lido so we can play the fool
Doing lots of dive bombs and thinking it was cool
Back home through the market for "Rock N Chips" or pie
November it's the station and "Penny for the Guy"
CHORUS
When we were the boys, when we were the boys
When we were the boys of Balham
We had nothing at all, but we were having a ball
When we were the boys of Balham
Mayfair or Granada for our movie fix
Odeon or Fleapit for Saturday morning pix
Front row when you're with your mates, back row with a gal
See how far she'd let you go so you could kiss and tell
Party Sevens and Pomagne, who's parents are away?
Ben Sherman and the smell of Brut, some 45's to play
Walking home down Bedford Hill see the ladies of the night
Legs up to their armpits a teenage boys delight
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BRIDGE
Every road and every corner has it's own memory
South West twelve is still a part of me
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SPOKEN
"Ere Mum, I'm gonna take that Provident cheque I got for me birthday,go down to Ernie Noads in the market, get a pair of them platform Godfathers!
Then I might take a walk down the High Street to Watermans, get a pair of Channel Seams!"
CHORUS repeat