When faced with a hinderance
The brave mountainier
Turns and walks back into the wind
But my hesitation
In strange hemisphere
Makes me quit before I begin
Intrepid explorer
His re...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Delilah the dancer from Soho
Was making her way down the lane
Simpson from Harrow
Had fruit on his barrow
He sold it for love and for gain
Simpson said, "Hello, young woman"
"My P...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Are we rolling?
Here we go then
And 1, 2, 3
2, 2, 3
A boy was born to Jack and Marge
In 1951
And what is love, is love, is love
And what is done, is done
The baby grew in size and...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Ban The Bomb
Wrap yourself in silver paper put a sandbag on your head
Crawl inside your fall-out shelter underneath your garden shed
Boil an egg, have a cuddle, cut your toe-nails...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
I've done a lot of things I wished I hadn't
There's other things I never hope to do
But sliding off the map in both directions
Is the sorry mess i've made of knowing you
I've seen...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
(spoken)
Good evening I'm from Essex
In case you couldn't tell
My given name is Dickie, I come from Billericay
And I'm doing very well
Had a love affair with Nina
In the back of m...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Hello, playmates
Here's a little London song
All about a young man's adventures in the big city
Here we go
Billy Bentley, go to London early in the day
Half a quid, mate
Stand to ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Share a good occasion
Hold the darkness in
Bear away abrasion
Free from broken skin
No pride is there to steal
Wounds that never heal
So close and there to wander
Confines wearing...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
I'm and Irish cripple, a Scottish jew
I'm the blackmail man
A raspberry ripple, a buckle-my-shoe
I'm the blackmail man
I'm a dead fish coon, a pikey Greek
I'm the blackmail man
A s...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
You must have seen parties of Blockheads
With blotched and lagered skin
Blockheads with food particles in their teeth
What a horrible state they're in
They've got womanly bre...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Ian Dury & the Blockheads