Levi Stubbs' Tears Lyrics - Billy Bragg

With the money from her accident 

She bought herself a mobile home 

So at least she could get some enjoyment 

Out of being alone 

No one could say that she was left up on the shelf 

It's you and me against the World kid she mumbled to herself 

When the world falls apart some things stay in place 

Levi Stubbs' tears run down his face 

She ran away from home on her mother's best coat 

She was married before she was even entitled to vote 

And her husband was one of those blokes 

The sort that only laughs at his own jokes 

The sort a war takes away 

And when there wasn't a war he left anyway 

Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong 

Are here to make everything right that's wrong 

Holland and Holland and Lamont Dozier too 

Are here to make it all okay with you 

One dark night he came home from the sea 

And put a hole in her body where no hole should be 

It hurt her more to see him walking out the door 

And though they stitched her back together they left her heart in pieces on the floor 

When the world falls apart some things stay in place 

She takes off the Four Tops tape and puts it back in its case 

When the world falls apart some things stay in place 

Levi Stubbs' tears