I LOVE this song.
‘Specially the Stereophonics version. My boys will tell you. I might’ve played it a bit too loud, a bit too often.
I’m not a fan of rod Stewart but props for this song.
The handbags and the gladrags
That your poor old granddad
Had to sweat to buy you, baby
Paternal grandad, Sam, was a tanner by trade.
Maternal step-grandad (didn’t know the real one, Clarence) was called George. A steel-worker by trade.
I asked for not a penny when they were alive and got not a penny when they died.
I have a wonderful cardboard box full of old photos of them though.
Money comes and goes. Memories are everlasting.
P.S. I’ve worn Armani suits, Manolo Blahnik shoes. Carried a Chanel handbag. That I HAD WORKED TO PAY FOR.
They mean NOTHING to me now.
NO THING.