I unpacked my troubles From an old Safeways bag Underneath Cardboard City lights These two characters bought me supper And they gave me some fags And I settled down for the night
And I dreamt I was drunk On a tropical ocean Sailing home to the missus in Kilburn And there on my bunk Were all here letters of devotion With some drawings and kisses From the children
And I dreamt I was an artist Like Toulouse-Laufrec or Manet Drinking like a bastard in Madrid Instead of underneath the arches With Flanagan and Allen Not a million miles from Chelsea Bridge
And then I woke up from my dreams The neighbors heard the screams And all the stray dogs Were barking at the smell Those two scumbags had come back With some matches and some petrol Set fire to my bed and left m me burning in hell!
