Second in what may (or may not) become a weekly series.
“Al Bowlly’s in Heaven” on Daring Adventures (1986)
"I gave my youth to King and country,
But what’s my country done for me,
But sentence me to misery.
I traded my helmet, and my parachute,
For a pair of crutches and a demob suit.
Al Bowlly’s in heaven, and I’m in limbo now."
Good lord, any one where he plays lead guitar 
Roll Over Vaughan Williams. Couldn’t entirely say why - maybe it’s just the first ( eventually of many ) cut of his that really caught my attention.
He plays a mean guitar, granted, but my favorite musicians are the ones who do good things with words. Thompson is a magnificent lyricist.
Well, the guitar on “Mother Knows Best” and “Shoot Out the Lights” recommends both of those songs strongly, but I wouldn’t want you to sit on my Jimmy Shands or crush my beeswing on the way to the wall of death.
And that’s just for starters
The audio is not that great in this video but I always loved the lyrics on this one.
Wow, that’s quite good. I always liked the Wall of Death.
Seconding “Wall of Death.”
Vincent Black Lightening.
Yep.
1952 Vincent Black Lightning
Of course you are right. I always say the song comes first. As a guitarist, though, Thompson is up at the tippy-top, so it can be very hard to not be a technique fanboy.
I’ll go with 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, but so many will do. I need to dig into his work a lot more.
For the guitar playing, I’m going to go with Tear Stained Letter.
For the lyrics, I’m going to go with When The Spell Is Broken.
Except he didn’t write that one. Credits on the Invisible Means CD where it appears are Blair and French. I’ve seen him perform it in concert, great song though. Just not his.
Mine are
Don’t Tempt Me
Tear Stained Letter
Two Left Feet
In concert he sang
Fats Waller said your feet too big
I say your feet too left.
But the others mentioned here are damn good too. And on the Boxed set he has a nice sing celebrating Alexander Graham Bell.
‘I want to see the bright lights’
‘Poor ditchling boy’
‘Hokey Pokey’
No love for Beeswing?
Also Cooksferry Queen.
mmm
Yeah, I noticed that on the YT video notes after I’d posted. I should have corrected it.
Can’t pick just one… two of my favorites that haven’t been mentioned yet are “When I Get to the Border” and “How Will I Ever Be Simple Again”.