The Pub

Quiz night replaced the blues night in 1983 Blues night only popular with (?), Slim and me Pool nights (?) from quiz night around 1985 The men brought the cues the women stayed away The place was barely alive All we ever needed was a lamp post or a tree All we ever needed was a place to come and drink We were park bench heroes Nearly (?) Not zeroes We'd come and drink (?) one flying high over a graveyard Where an angel had spread out her wings Flashing her teeth in some angelical smile And some not so angelical things (?) burn in hell at the bottom With a message in Latin or Greek Something like the meek shall inherit the earth But the strong will then inherit the meek Go on now go, walk out the door Karaoke night came and went around 1994 A new landlady breathed some life in 1996 And we watched as it evaporated just inches from her lips We were park bench heroes Nearly (?) Not zeroes We'd come and drink (?) one flying high over a graveyard Where an angel had spread out her wings Flashing her teeth in some angelical smile And some not so angelical things When a church choir suddenly appears from the jukebox singing this incredible song Blessed are the weak and the two (?) When there's nothing much at stake for the strong A new landlord and land lady took the helm in 2006 Steered us close to rocky shores almost sunk this ship And just like all the others they left us there to list Park bench heroes are rarely missed