Laughs And Jokes And Drinks And Smokes

Laughs and jokes and drinks and smokes

And no lights on the stairs

We were young, so young, and always broke

Not that we ever cared

Not that we ever cared

A-well, the hole in the walls were such a lot

Welcome to London town

But when you're new to it all, and you think you're hot

You're not plannin' on hangin' around

People a-would go on their different ways

I left to start a band

A note came through the letter box

In your child like hand

Laughs and jokes and drinks and smokes

And no lights on the stairs

We were young, so young, and always broke

Not that we ever cared

Not that we ever cared

One day I rode to where you were

The doorbell jangled a note

They buzzed me in, I climbed the stairs

In my boots and leather coat

There's an old brass standin' there at the top

Without her witches broom

It almost seemed like a knockin' shop

When the girls came out of their rooms

And they all stood around and stared at me

Two brunettes and a blonde

Then the old brass shrugged and said

We don't know where she's gone

Later on I picked up the ball

And I took off down the line

I suppose by then I'd realized

You'd run into hard times

Laughs and jokes and drinks and smokes

And no lights on the stairs

We were young, so young, and always broke

Not that we ever cared

Not that we ever cared