Labelled With Love - Squeeze Lyric Video

She unscrews the top of her new whisky bottle
And shuffles about in her candle-lit hovel
Like some kind of witch with blue fingers in mittens
She smells like the cat and the neighbours she sickens
The black and white T.V. has long seen a picture
The cross on the wall is a permanent fixture
The postman delivers the final reminders
She sells off the silver and poodles in china
Drinks to remember I, me and myself
And winds up the clock and knocks dust from the shelf
Home is a love that I miss very much
So the past has been bottled and labelled with love
During the wartime an American pilot
Made every air-raid a time of excitement
She moved to his prairie and married the Texan
She learnt from a distance how love was a lesson
He became drinker and she became mother
She knew that one day she'd be one or the other
He ate himself older, drunk himself dizzy
Proud of her features she kept herself pretty
Drinks to remember I, me and myself
And winds up the clock and knocks dust from the shelf
Home is a love that I miss very much
So the past has been bottled and labelled with love
He like a cowboy died drunk in a slumber
Out on the porch in the middle of summer
She crossed the ocean back home to her family
But they had retired to roads that were sandy
She moved home alone without friends or relations
Lived in a world full of age reservation
On moth-eaten armchairs, she'd say that she'd sod-all
The friends who had left her to drink from the bottle
Drinks to remember I, me and myself
And winds up the clock and knocks dust from the shelf
Home is a love that I miss very much
So the past has been bottled and labelled with love
Drinks to remember I, me and myself
Winds up the clock and knocks dust from the shelf
Home is a love that I miss very much
So the past has been bottled and labelled with love
The past has been bottled and labelled with love
The past has been bottled and labelled with love
#LabelledWithLove #Squeeze #BestLyricVideo

[@Kris-n-Laura]

FYI: Image take at Deptford Wharf - Squeeze formed in Deptford, London, in 1974

[@chrissmith8526]

All those oasis fans who do sub Beatles covers could do well to listen to this I so agree with you it’s fabulous

[@johayton4627]

Absolutely amazing lyrics, tells such a story, genius song writing ❤️ xx

[@robertcurragh790]

Equal to any song written anywhere anytime by anyone . Beautiful lyrics great melody wonderfully sung- just doesn’t get any better . Work of genius.

[@thomasmccullagh8282]

Brilliant story telling from Squeeze,in under five minutes lovely song,great lyrics and sound really awesome.

[@bobbarker1476]

This is song writing. Not the AI garbage of today.

[@kymshattock5527]

Absolute poetry...

[@randomelvis3359]

Do you ever listen to a song and just lose it 🥴… music moves!! 😊

[@peterherrington3300]

Timeless sound , excellent writing & effortlessly performed.

[@PaulineRhodes-fx9mi]

Pauline Rhodes This song is fabulous, I remember it from when it was first released. It was written by someone who understands how music should be written.

[@johncwik6618]

As your getting old , it's easy to identify with the lyrics .

[@joysynmonds9082]

Oh, isn't it ??
I don't drink, but the rest fits.

[@Samariapain]

Clocks the man. It's funny

[@Justme-cc4qz]

Sheer poetry! Sad,honest and reality for so many people. Musical genius and and wonderful to listen to😘

[@anthonyreynolds2522]

Fantastic song,it's a shock to get old 😨

[@glensalt7460]

Amazing lyrics coupled with great singing from a brilliant band, my favourite Squeeze song by far.

[@karengray662]

Although I know every word of this brilliant song, I really enjoyed seeing them written. Thank you x

[@michaelpeters1517]

This was their encore for the show in 1980 when I saw them in Toronto......brilliant...the whole crowd was singing and swaying their arms to this.....amazing show!

[@rabduff]

Describing a lot of war brides reality
Excellent

[@kevinsbott]

So much, kindness and compassion in this song, there is something special about older women, and you can sense that wonderfulness in the way he describes her.

[@billysmith2554]

My favourite by them. Great song.

[@chrisconroy165]

I listen to this song a lot and the main reason is "he became drinker and she became mother, i knew one day it would be one or the other" that line perfectly encapsulates how i feel abourt a person in my life, fucking genius likes.

[@picard-xw3km]

Heartbreaking. Easily rivals anything by Lennon and McCartney.

[@john-ic5pz]

Not to be contrary but I would vote for beats out McCartney hands-down* & cohabitates with the spirit of John somewhere East of Essex 😊❤
* Come-on-now, be honest! Squeeze, even at their worst, would still not have recorded "Jet"
😉

[@picard-xw3km]

@@john-ic5pz But I thought the Major was a lady-suffragette.

[@davecoalwood9487]

​@@john-ic5pz I ain't having that John- I love Squeeze but Jet is mustard.

[@paulfrancis4485]

The greatest lyrics ever

[@martyndavid2094]

The best lyrics ever

[@bonniebickett4520]

My favorite Squeeze song.

[@JoanMitchell-y5l]

I haven't heard that song since I was a teenager I loved it then and I still love it so poignant ❤

[@karatefella]

I love this song. One of my favourites.

[@Kris-n-Laura]

Timeless 👌

[@bonniebickett4520]

Halfway my life.....

[@john-ic5pz]

😮❤🎉

[@spitfire1962]

A film could be made from those lyrics.

[@Kris-n-Laura]

and so should!!!!

[@jimgough8603]

Makes you wonder why she left her children behind?

[@bananabrooks3836]

Good point. l never thought of that, typical bloke!