Graham

Here's the Leon Rosselson song. The album is available on amazon (streaming, mp3 or - if you have £43 to spare! - vinyl).

Mick

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HANGOVER
(Leon Rosselson)

Things are going very badly, drunks are drivelling down the drain.
Rats are nibbling at the rafters, I can almost feel the pain.
I've got corkscrews in my eardrums and eardrums in my brain.
Things are getting rather dodgy, think I'll start the day again.


Can't remember where my foot is, can't think what I want it for;
And the ceiling's started spinning, in the middle of the floor.
If I knew which way my eyes were I could maybe find the door.
There's the Black Hole of Calcutta and it wasn't there before.

"Keep the home fires brightly burning", "O me darling Clementine".
There's a footstep on the landing and it isn't one of mine.
"Lay me down and roll me over". What the hell's the other line?
Things are getting rather tricky, and they're trickling down my spine.


I can hear the sound of knocking. I'm afraid I may be dead.
And my arms are out of order and my legs are leathery lead.
Rats are gnawing at my corkscrews, I've got eardrums in my head.
Things are going very badly, think I'm going back to bed.


Source: Leon Rosselson, album Songs for Sceptical Circles, 1966