[Intro]
[Verse]
Quarter to ten at the A & E
Where nobody thought they would need to be
Saturday night in the old country
And we come to you on our knees
[Chorus]
Take us in, will you, will you?
with the unlucky, the drunken too
Take us in, will you, will you____?
[Verse]
A blow to the head and a break to the foot
And a party of revellers turned meaner
A woman is red-eyed and reading a book
With a child asleep at her feet
[Chorus]
Have you been here, waiting long?
With the others whose eveningâs gone wrong
Have you been here, waiting long____?
[Verse]
Quarter to three and the NHS
Has given our worries a bed to rest
Fluorescent lights and a handful of tests
A quick smile from the nurse on her way
[Chorus]
Smile again, can you, can you?
after all of the things youâve been through
Smile again, can you, can you____?
[Bridge]
A phone call breaks through still night,