E: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 21:55:12 -0800 (PST)
From: toomey
Subject: CRD: b/bowie_david/shes_got_medals.crd
She’s Got Medals by David Bowie (From «London Boy» and many other
Compilations of his pre-«Space Oddity» days)
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She’d walk through the door and she’d set up the drinks on the house
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She played a good game of darts, and the men slapped her back, never took
Her out.
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She wore a trenchcoat garkey(?), her hobnail boots were full of holes.
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She’s got medals.
Her mother called her Mary but she changed her name to Tommy, she’s a one.
She went and joined the army, passed the medical, don’t ask me how it’s done.
They sent her to the front line, fighting for her country’s name
She’s got medals.
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She got very tired of picking up girls,
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Cleaning her gun, and shaving her curls
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Then the enemy dropped a bomb, survivors there were none!
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People say that when the moon is full and when the stars have gone to bed
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You can see a ghost but that’s a lie because the naughty woman isn’t dead.
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She deserted on the previous morning, replaced her uniform with dresses silk
And green
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Called herself Eileen, came to London town, now she’s settled down. She’s
Got medals.
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