Heavy Living

Ian Dury And The Blockheads

Heavy living is the life that I've lead

Seeing saylight through a curtain of red

Stands to reason why I'm staying in bed

Heavy living off the top of my head



Heavy live, uh, I know it too well

Every creak on the stairway to hell

Double vision and a terrible smell

Heavy living at the Hard Luck Hotel



Heavy sausage is the price you pay

When you're on a corridor

Heavy bangers is another way

To let youself go



Heavy living's the condition I'm in

I'd wish I hadn't if I knew where I'd been

The air is cold, and the membrane is thin

Heavy living getting under my skin



Heavy sausage is the price you pay

At the cafe Doolally

Heavy bangers has a special way

Of saying hello

Heavy cricket on a cloudy day

Heavy chukkas 'till the close of play

Heavy living is the way I'll stay

As if I don't know



Heavy living is the life that I've lead

Passion spent, nobility fled

Stands to reason why I'm staying in bed

Heavy living off the top of my head



Heavy shitters is the price you pay

When you're on a corridor

Heavy bangers is another way to

Let yourself go

Heavy make-up for the matinee

Heavy curtains at the cabaret

Heavy living is the way I'll stay

As if I don't know



Heavy sausage is the dish of the day

Heavy bangers on the reoundelay

Heavy living is the way I'll stay

As if I don't know

As if I don't know