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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
 

Faces


  (I Know) I'm losing you
  Angel
  Around the Plynth
  Bad 'N' Ruin
  Borstal Boys
  Cindy Incidentally
  Cut Across Shorty
  Debris
  Devotion
  Flags And Banners
  Flying
  Glad and Sorry
  Had Me A Real Good Time
  I Feel So Good
  I Wish It WOuld Rain
  I'd Rather Go Blind
  If I'm On the Late Side
  It's All Over Now
  Jealous Guy
  Just Another Honky
  Last Orders Please
  Love Lives Here
  Maybe I'm Amazed
  Memphis, Tennessee
  Miss Judy's Farm
  My Fault
  Nobody Knows
  On the Beach
  Ooh La La
  Pineapple and the Monkey
  Pool Hall Richard
  Richmond
  Shake, Shudder, Shiver
  Silicone Grown
  Stay With Me
  Stone
  Sweet Lady Mary
  Tell Everyone
  That'a All You Need
  Three Button Hand Me Down
  Too Bad
  Too Bad/Every Picture Tells a Story
  Wicked Messenger
  You Can Make Me Dance, Sing, Or Anything
  You're So Rude