Elstree

Album: The Age of Plastic (1980)
Charted: 55
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    I had a dream on a back lot
    I saw my life like a long shot
    Of smiling faces in a picture parade
    Of all the stills from the films that you made
    That we would see in the Essoldo
    After drinking coffee on the Giocondo

    Elstree, remember me
    I had a part in a B movie
    I played a man from history
    Elstree, oh look at me (oh, oh, oh)
    Now I work for the BBC (oh, oh, oh)
    Life is not what it used to be

    I took no dives in the fight scene
    I had a stuntman keep my suit clean
    There's no technology to make up a song
    They stop the orchestra if you get it wrong

    Elstree, remember me,
    I had a part in a B movie
    I played a man from history
    Elstree, oh look at me (oh, oh, oh)
    Now I work for the BBC (oh, oh, oh)
    Life is not what it used to be
    Elstree

    They made a field into a war zone
    I beat the enemy on my own
    All the bullets just went over my head
    There's no reality and no one dead, in

    Elstree, remember me
    I had a part in a B movie
    I played a man from history

    Elstree
    (Oh, oh, oh)
    (Oh, oh, oh)
    Elstree
    (Oh, oh, oh)
    (Oh, oh, oh)
    Elstree

    Elstree
    (Oh, oh, oh)
    (Oh, oh, oh)
    Elstree

    (Cut) Writer/s: Geoffrey Downes, Trevor Charles Horn
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • George from Las Vegas, NvAlexander Baron, you are a moron! Downes and Horn, while producers, did NOT write Bohemian Rhapsody, and did not produce the video either. They did produce the first video ever shown on MTV, 'Video killed the radio star', and went on to join and produce Yes and Asia. And, BTW, how can Elstree be in London and also in Hertfordshire?
  • Zabadak from London, EnglandCliff Richard's "Summer Holiday" was just one of many films recorded at the legendary Elstree studios.
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