David Bowie Lyrics

Album: Deram Anthology 1966-68

She's Got Medals Lyrics

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, 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