on brick lane above the frying pan public house i removed my boots to make love as the coins from my pocket hit the untreated wooden floorboards a large number of roaches scurried from beneath the single mattress the only piece of furniture in an otherwise empty room with her back to me almost embarrassed she placed the coins into a once white greasy handkerchief she turned round i could smell gin as she rested her head on my shoulder she put her lips to my ear and then she whispered lay your love on me lay your love on me i was blind but now i see so come lay your love on me i d walk through sand in summertime wade through snow in wintertime just for you now lay your love on me lay your love on me i was blind but now i see so come lay your love on me like a mattress without fleas or a trick without the fee oh come lay your love on me oh yes lay your love on me i d walk through sand in summertime wade through snow in wintertime one day i know you ll be mine mine mine i d walk through sand in summertime wade through snow in wintertime in this town there s too much crime lay your love on me lay your love on me i was blind now i can see so come lay your love on me making love above the pub making love making love making love above the pub making love making love making love above the pub making love making love making love above the pub making love making love making love above the pub making love making love making love above the pub making love making love making love above the pub making love making love making love above the pub making love making love making love above the pub making love making love making love above the pub making love making love