Songtext Head of the horse The Drums

Head of the horse

Hi
Hi
Welcome
Who's this?
Jonny.
Oh, okay, just checking.

Shrink-wrapped magazines in a paper bag.
He hugged me when I came home.
Only boy in a ballet class.
He hugged me when I came home.
Dad's on the pulpit talking about love.
Mum's in the nursery cussing me out.
He hugged me when I came home.
Jean was crazy but she loved me,
when she died I slept in her car.
He hugged me when I came home.

Here, here I go again,
all these memories,
coming back at me.
here, here I go again,
all these memories,
get the best of me,
get the best of me.

Have a headache?
We'll grab the oil.
If you complain,
well, thats the devil talking.
He hugs me when I come home.
Your sister got married fourteen times
but if you fall in love, son, that's a crime.
He hugs me when I come home.
Well i fell in love and told them I was happy.
My dad hugged me and said this would be the last hug.
This would be the last hug,
This would be the last hug.

Here, here I go again,
all these memories,
coming back at me.
here, here I go again,
all these memories,
get the best of me,
get the best of me.

Philip took me out for pizza in London.
He said they were his friends and they weren't mine.
Philip took me for a walk in New York City.
Please hug me when I come home.
He told me my story was boring.
He told me my story was boring.

Here, here I go again,
all these memories,
coming back at me.
here, here I go again,
all these memories,
get the best of me,
get the best of me.

Here I go,
Here I go again.
Here I go,
Here I go again.
Here I go,
Here I go again.
Here I go,
Here I go again.