She's Got Medals [Bowie]

She'd walk through the door
And she'd set up the drinks on the house
She played a good game of darts
And the men slapped her back and never took her out

She wore a trenchcoat khaki
Her hobnail boots were full of holes

She's got medals

Her mother called her Mary
But she changed her name to Tommy, she's a one, oh
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

She got very tired of picking up girls
Cleaning her gun and shaving her curls
Then the enemy dropped a bomb
Survivors, there were none

People say that when the moon is full
And all the stars have gone to bed
You can see her ghost, but that's a lie
Because the naughty woman isn't dead

She deserted on the previous morning
Replaced her uniform with dresses silk and green

Called herself Eileen
Came to London town

Now she's settled down

She's got medals
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David Bowie
The Deram Anthology (1966-1968)
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