Bagatelle - Beer And The Bible lyrics

On the day he arrived with
A light in his eyes
He'd says all his farewells
And all his goodbyes
And he knew he'd find work
He was good with his hands
And the money was good too
In this foreign land
On the first night he met with
A few big hard men
Put his hand in his pocket again and again
I'll replace it tomorrow
And all will be right
And he put down the hard stuff
Went out to the night

And he's walking all day
Just looking for leads
As the light in the tunnel, it slowly recedes
And he's back to the pub
Only all roads reveals
Back to the beer and the Bible

In the cold light of day
In the concreate and steel
His sense of security started to reel
And realisation it was worse than he thought
Pours over his head like old tea from a pot
And he knows them by heart
The signs and the jeers
"No men wanted Bugger off No vacancies here"
Because there's plenty of work if
You're first in the line
And there isn't a thousand before you

And he's walking all day
Just looking for leads
As the light in the tunnel, it slowly recedes
And he's back to the pub
Only all roads reveals
Back to the beer and the Bible

So he lowers his sights
"I'd do anything at all!
To hell with the trail and
The straight narrow walls
Sure a hunt wouldn't hurt, for a month
Maybe more
Will you give me a job, you lousy old hoor!"

And he's walking all day
Just looking for leads
As the light in the tunnel, it slowly recedes
And he's back to the pub
Only all roads reveals
Back to the beer and the Bible

Its a long time since he heard
The waves on the shore
Near the place that he came
From a long time before
So he drinks, and he prays
And can't understand
Why they don't need his skills
Here in this foreign land

So he's walking all day
Just looking for leads
As the light in the tunnel, it slowly recedes
And he's back to the pub
Only all roads reveals
Back to the beer and the Bible
Yes, he's walking all day
Just looking for leads
As the light in the tunnel, it slowly recedes
And he's back to the pub
Only all roads reveals
Back to the beer and the Bible

Back to the beer and the Bible
He's gone back to the beer and the Bible