Artist: Faces

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Borstal Boys

(Ian McLagan, Ron Wood, Rod Stewart)

Cell block five, how I hate Bromide
With your coffee in the morning makes you so sterile
The corner gang never made a man of me boys

You know the walls are taller and the inmates scheme
There's no one here that's more than seventeen
Bet your life there's a riot tonight in the mess hall

A letter from your home town makes you sad
You read it when the warden's had a second laugh
He said sentimental rubbish ain't got no place in here boy

See the years roll on by
such a senseless waste of time
What a way to reform
Call out your number
who's a nonconformer

Shakey Brown didn't hang around
When a Molotov didn't do its stuff
He went back in there and said it with a sawed-off shotgun

You know Poker Sam couldn't lose a hand
If he did you was hit by a downtown tram
Or crushed in the path of a moving elevator

See the years roll on by
such a senseless waste of time
What a way to reform
Call out your number
who's a nonconformer

When I get out I'll get straight
If this old world gives me half a break
But, if you see me in the corner with a chip on my shoulder
Don't blame me

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Other Songs by this Artist

1. Amazing Grace
2. Angel
3. Around The Plynth
4. Bad ’N’ Ruin
5. Borstal Boys
6. Cindy Incidentally
7. Cut Across Shorty
8. Debris
9. Devotion
10. Every Picture Tells A Story
11. Flags And Banners
12. Flying
13. Glad And Sorry
14. Had Me A Real Good Time
15. I Feel So Good
16. I know I’m losing you
17. I Wish It Would Rain
18. I’d Rather Go Blind
19. If I’m On the Late Side
20. It’s All Over Now
21. Jealous Guy
22. Just Another Honky
23. Last Orders Please
24. Love Lives Here
25. Maybe I’m Amazed
26. Memphis Tennessee
27. Memphis, Tennessee
28. Miss Judy’s Farm
29. My Fault
30. Nobody Knows
31. On The Beach
32. Ooh La La
33. Pool Hall Richard
34. Richmond
35. Shake, Shudder, Shiver
36. Silicone Grown
37. Stay With Me
38. Stone
39. Sweet Lady Mary
40. Tell Everyone
41. That’s All You Need
42. Three Button Hand Me Down
43. Too Bad
44. Wicked Messenger
45. You Can Make Me Dance, Sing, Or Anything
46. You’re So Rude