Doris Grey don't fool yourself 
You've had your years as Queen of the town
Can't stand up for falling down
Doris Grey look at you now
Those years of living are dragging you down
I can see it in your face.

She wakes at 6 and steps on through
some 45's that she sang to you
she looks around for her booze
like she always does
She lives in a dream of another man that she's never seen (May never married again after her man was killed in a traffic accident, it broke her heart and found solace in a bottle)

Doris grey don't fool yourself look at you now you've had your years as the queen of the town' can't stand up for falling down
Doris grey look at you now these years of living are dragging you down' i can see it in your face

She heads off down into town
in her short black dress and her worn out frown
She has a few and she'll be singing to dear old Glasgow town
Down in Candle Riggs  there's an old Queen swinging her hips
She'll be singing 

 Doris grey don't fool yourself  you've had your years as the queen of the town' can't stand up for falling down
Doris grey look at you now these years of living are dragging you down
i can see it your face
 
She's got a beehive that's as yellow as the white of her eye
She looks more like drag with her can and her polythene bag
She'll be singing ..... la la la la la

 she is Doris grey don't fool yourself
you've had your years as the stand up clown (May was a singer in the working men's clubs in Bathgate in the Sixties)
cant stand up for falling down oh oh !!!
 Doris grey look at you now these years of living are dragging you down
i can see it your face -(for Aunt May may you rest in peace)

Doris Grey ( The belle of Bathgate)

I hear her calling out my name now
that whistle blowing from the early morning train
coming round again, again, yes she's coming round again
she's coming round again
i see her smiling as she passes
her face is dirty
from bringing in the coal
she keeps me safe and warm ,warm, she keeps me safe and warm
yes she keeps me safe and warm

and everything is fine
for he can take her out tonight
the revolution will have to wait down at Rosewatergate

Another day dawns he's on his way now
through bitter cold winds and the driving rain
coming back again, again, yes shes coming down again
she's coming back again

and everything is fine
for he can take her out tonight
the revolution will have to wait down at Rosewater gates

And it don't get better much better than this
 there are many ways to smile when she kisses my lips
feels like i'm something when i hold you close to my heart

And everything is fine
for he can take her out tonight
the revolution will have to wait down at Rosewatergates

Rosewater gates.

She will take you to blue Summer skies
take the rain clouds out of your eyes
she'll be waiting for the time to arrive
then she'll catch you out by surprise
and she'll say
that's what it's like to be free
no matter what they say

tell them your the one for me
what they say
tell them your the one for me
she makes me fly so high
there's real love in her eye

She'll frustrate you and she'll make you sigh
but she'll return someday to your life
she'll trick you, and tease you
love you and leave you
then something beautiful  will come tonight
cause that's just what she is like
tell them if they ask

tell them your the one for me
she takes my mind away
tell them your the one for me
she makes me fly so high
there's real love in her eye

She will take you to the heavens up high
sell your soul to the devil below
she will draw with a freehand in your mind
she will take you to the the crossroads  and
tell you all she knows
whichever way she goes
tell them if the ask

Chorus to end

dougie adam

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