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Dilly Boys

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Dilly Boys is a Libertines track, credited to Peter Doherty and Carl Barat. It was officially released in August 2004, on The Libertines' fifth single, Can't Stand Me Now. The lyrics of the song allude to homosexuality; Dilly is short for Piccadilly Circus and Dilly Boys were the effeminate men who frequented the streets around Piccadilly in the 1920s and 1930s.

Concerts

The Garage, Uplands, Swansea Peter Doherty2013-06-18
Woodstower Festival Peter DohertyGrand Parc De Miribel Jonage, Lyon, France2010-09-03
Live in Copenhagen Peter DohertyCopenhagen, Denmark2009-04-09
La Maroquinerie Peter DohertyParis, France2008-11-28
The Mass Peter DohertyBrixton, London2008-06-17
The Torriano Peter DohertyKentish Town, London2008-03-20
Rhythm Factory Peter DohertyLondon (Whitechapel), UK2008-02-26
Rhythm Factory Peter DohertyWhitechapel, London 2007-12-16
An Evening With Pete Doherty Pt.2 The LibertinesHackney Empire, London2007-04-12
Reading Festival (1) BabyshamblesReading Festival, Radio1 NME stage2005-08-27
12 Bar Club The LibertinesLondon, UK2001-02-26

Lyrics

My love wrote the words to the saddest songs
The songs that say that life is too long
And the moon is always blue, just because

I wish you'd sing me those other songs again
The songs that say life's worth the worry and the pain
And the sun smiles through the rain, just because

Just because she's the sweetest girl
The sweetest girl in the world

She's my moral guide, oh she does nothing at all
Smokes all of my bone and stares at the wall
Maybe she'll pace the room, howl at the moon
But still she's the sweetest girl
And he's the sweetest girl in the world

Me I'm just a dilly boy
Fresh fly pressed Piccadilly boy
Hands on hips, pout on lips
Meat rag tag like dilly boy
She's the sweetest girl, the sweetest girl in the world

In Chinatown they all la, la, la, la

What about you?

Me I'm just a Dilly Boy
Fresh fly pressed Piccadilly boy
Hands on hips, pout on lips
Meat rag tag like dilly boy
She's the sweetest girl
No he's the sweetest girl in the world

Well she's the sweetest girl in the world.
But

NameDilly Boys
BandThe Libertines
CreditsCarl Barat
Peter Doherty


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