The sixth track and final single released for Black Fingernails, Red Wine. It is unconfirmed if the song is about the 2005 London Bombings or if the bombings is used as a backdrop for the song.
In an interview with the band, one of the members said the song was written after they tried to contact t...
[Verse 1]
Drag me by my ankles
To the bottom of the ocean
There I'll stay forever
Until you come back from England
[Hook]
The London bombs
The London bombs
The London bombs
The London bombs
[Verse 2]
I stay up forever
And try to call your number
But you are lost forever
In the early days of winter
[Hook]
The London bombs
The London bombs
The London bombs
The London bombs
[Chorus]
Dirty little town on the Thames
Is calling you away
Oh
[Verse 3]
I stay up forever
And try to find the answer
In the Sun I wait for you
[Hook]
The London bombs
The London bombs
The London bombs
The London bombs
[Chorus]
Dirty little town on the Thames
Is calling you away
Dirty little town on the Thames
Is calling you away
Oh
[Outro]
The London bombs
Oh
The London bombs
Oh
Eskimo Joe released London Bombs on Sat Jun 10 2006.