Action!

I had a dream on a back lot
and saw my life like a long shot
of smiling faces in a picture parade
of all the stills from the films that you made
that we would see in the Essoldo
after drinking coffee at the Giocondo

Elstree, remember me?
I had a part in a B-Movie
I played a man from history.
Elstree, ah look at me
oh-o-oh
now I work for the BBC
oh-o-oh
life is not what it used to be

I took no dives in the fight scene
I had a stuntman, keep my suit clean
There’s no technology to fake-up a song
They stop the orchestra if you get it wrong

Elstree, remember me?
I had a part in a B-Movie
I played a man from history.
Elstree, ah look at me
oh-o-oh
now I work for the BBC
oh-o-oh
life is not what it used to be -

Elstree

They made a field into a war zone
I beat the enemy on my own
all the bullets just went over my head
there’s no reality and no one dead, in

Elstree, remember me?
I had a part in a B-Movie
I played a man from history

Elstree,
Oh-o-oh
Oh-o-oh