Last Post On the Bugle

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Last Post on the Bugle is a Libertines song that features on their second, self-titled album, and is credited to Doherty, Bower and Barat. The verse's catchy melody and some of its lyrics are lifted from an obscure psychedelic classic, 'War Or Hands Of Time' by the Australian rock band Masters Apprentices. Doherty later described this as "a simple act of theft".

Appearing on

Live at O2 Academy Glasgow (1)	The Libertines	Album	2016-02-19
The Libertines	The Libertines	Album	2004-08-30
Flophouse Rambles	Peter Doherty	Session	2004
Babyshambles Sessions	The Libertines	Session	2003-05
Conversations in Eden	Peter Doherty	Session	Unknown

Concerts

Reading Festival 2015	The Libertines	Reading	2015-08-30
Rock en Seine 2015	The Libertines	Domaine national de Saint-Cloud, Saint-Cloud	2015-08-29
3Arena Dublin	The Libertines	3Arena Dublin	2015-07-09
Ahmad Tea Music Festival	The Libertines		2015-06-27
Benicàssim Festival	The Libertines	Benicàssim, Spain	2014-07-19
BST, Hyde Park, London	The Libertines	Hyde Park, London	2014-07-05
Glasgow Barrowland	The Libertines	Glasgow, Scotland	2014-06-29
Reading Festival	The Libertines	Reading, UK	2010-08-28
La Maroquinerie	Peter Doherty	Paris, France	2008-11-28
Glasgow Barrowlands (1)	Peter Doherty	Glasgow, Scotland	2008-05-18
Tim Festival, Brazil	The Libertines	Jockey Club, São Paulo, Brazil	2004-11-07
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Fine Line Music Cafe	The Libertines	Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis; Minnesota US	2004-10-08
Piss Me Off (At the Rhythm Factory)	The Libertines	London (Whitechapel), UK	2004-04-14
Rock Against Racism	The Libertines	London, UK	2004-03-16
Manchester Academy	The Libertines	Manchester, UK	2004-03-01
Duke of Clarence	The Libertines	London, UK	2004-02-18
Live at Kenthish Town Forum	The Libertines	London, UK	2003-12-17
The Forum, 2003	The Libertines		2003-12-16

Lyrics

If I have to go
I will be thinking of your love
Oh somehow you'll know
You will know
Thinking of your love

Slyly they whispered away
As I played the last post on the bugle
I heard them say
Oh, that boy's no different today
Except in every single way

If I have to go
I will be thinking of your love
Oh somehow you'll know
You'll just know
Thinking of your love

I was carried away
Caught up in an affray
As they led him away, he sang,
"We'll meet again some day"
Oh my boy, there's a price to pay

If I have to go
I will be thinking of your love
Oh somehow you'll know
I don't know how, but you'll know
Thinking of your love

La la la la la
La la la la la
La la

Inside I felt
So, so alone
Locked in a room
Waiting till kingdom come
Although I felt elated
I felt like I was scum

I was carried away
Caught up in an affray
As they led him away, he sang,
"We'll meet again some day"
Oh my boy, there's a price to pay

Feels like I've never been away
Though it's been longer
Than I can possibly say
I've been wandering the market
Carrying a sign, saying 'The end of the world is near'
I'm glad to see we're still tight
The bonds that tie a man are tight
Yet we do what we do
With ritual habituality
All through the night