Paul Heaton - The Pub lyrics

Quiz night replaced the blues night in 1983 Blues night only popular With allotment slim and me Pool night took over from quiz night around 1985 The men brought their cues, women stayed away The place was barely alive All we ever needed was a lamp post or a tree All we ever needed was a place to come and dream We were park bench heroes Nearly De Niros, nought to zeros We'd come and dream Of a swan flying high over a graveyard Where an angel had spread out her wings Flashing her teeth in some angelical smile And some not so angelical things Of a picture of burning hell at the bottom With a message in Latin or Greek Something like the meek shall inherit the earth But the strong will then inherit the meek Go on now go - Walk out the door Karaoke night came and went around 1994 A new landlady breathed some life in 1996 And watched as it evaporated Inches from her lips We were park bench heroes Nearly De Niros, nought to zeros We'd come and dream Of a swan flying high over a graveyard Where an angel had spread out her wings Flashing her teeth in some angelical smile And some not so angelical things When a church choir suddenly appears from the jukebox Singing this incredible song Blessed are the weak and the too shy to speak When there's nothing much at stake for the strong A new landlord and land lady Took the helm in 2006 Steered us close to rocky shores Nearly sunk this ship Just like all the others They left us there to list Park bench heroes are rarely missed