East West
Over the ocean
Perpetual motion
Travelling around
No rest
Singing and playing
Night out and day in
Doing the rounds
What a great life this must seem !
Swelled joints
Everything classy
Nothing is tacky
Only the best
Lush girls
Older and dying
Sighing and crying
"This is success !"
What a great life this must seem !
But when I hear your voice
Singing out
The Bells Of Home
Are ringing out
And I feel all alone
(And I think of my home)
Cold times
A wind through the houses
The bleakness arouses
A longing to leave
Time flew
I wanted to see you
Somehow I could not do
Because of success
What a strange life this can be !
But when I hear your voice
Singing out
The Bells Of Home
Are ringing out
And I feel all alone
(And I think of my home)
Over the ocean
Perpetual motion
Travelling around
Singing and playing
Night out and day in
Doing the rounds
Everything classy
Nothing is tacky
Only the best
Older and dying
Sighing and crying
"This is success !"
Singing out
The Bells Of Home
Are ringing out
And I feel all alone
(And I think of my home)
A wind through the houses
The bleakness arouses
A longing to leave
I wanted to see you
Somehow I could not do
Because of success
Singing out
The Bells Of Home
Are ringing out
And I feel all alone
(And I think of my home)
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Generally it's about homesickness. But the main thing here is that this song is awesome! One of his best and yet seemingly least known songs.
Absolutely! And for some strange reason, from the first time I heard it I've thought Dubstar could have made a great cover of it. Beats me.
Absolutely! And for some strange reason, from the first time I heard it I've thought Dubstar could have made a great cover of it. Beats me.
This song was written by Graham Gouldman (most famously of 10cc but at the time in The Mockingbirds). It was a UK hit for Herman’s Hermits in 1967 before being covered by Morrissey. In the book ‘Leave the Capital’ by ex-Fall drummer Paul Hanley, this song is described as a ‘homesick lament of a globetrotting pop star’ (and in particular for Manchester). Hanley rates the Morrissey vocal over the Hermits version and I have to agree.