Elstree lyrics

Action!

I had a dream on a backlot 1

And saw my life like a long shot

I smile at faces in a picture parade

Of all the stills from the films that you've made

And you would see me in Essoldo 2

Up there drinking coffee at the "Girotondo"

Elstree, 3 remember me

I had a part in a B movie

I played a man from History

Elstree, look at me

Now I work for the BBC

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, look at me,

Now I work for the BBC,

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, look at me

now I work for the BBC

Life is not what it used to be

Elstree

Elstree

Elstree

Elstree

Elstree

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1. A backlot is an area behind or adjoining a movie studio, containing permanent exterior buildings for outdoor scenes in filmmaking or television productions, or space for temporary set construction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backlot2. http://www.eastend-memories.org/cinema/essoldo/essoldo1.htm3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elstree_Studios