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(brooker / reid) Zika nor nama... Hesah! Through this hourglass Sands are running fast In deserted plains Kingdoms write their names On these burning sands Kingdoms show their ha...Read Full Lyrics

Still scowling black Good Captain Clack Must eat his humble pie His bed is made The colours fade His eyes once wet are dry The naked muse Who sits and chews Tobacco off a tree Rem...Read Full Lyrics

In praise of fruit I wrote this song Because of fruit my heart is strong Who could estimate it's worth? Fruit's the finest food on earth Fresh fruit, juice and seeds Please don't ...Read Full Lyrics

Tonight we sleep on silken sheets We drink fine wine and eat rare meats On Carousel and gambling stake Our fortunes speed, and dissipate It's candlelight and chandelier It's silver...Read Full Lyrics

I'm a reader and a writer Not a lover or a fighter When it comes to push and shove I'm as peaceful as a dove I'm a tiger in the night When I'm talking of the fight When it comes t...Read Full Lyrics

(brooker / reid)* Your multilingual business friend Has packed her bags and fled Leaving only ash-filled ashtrays And the lipsticked unmade bed The mirror on reflection Has climbe...Read Full Lyrics

Ti avrei tenuto nel mio cuore I would have held you in my heart Ti avrei preso tra le mani I would have taken you in my arms (or hands) Illuminato io ti avrei I would have lit you...Read Full Lyrics

In the autumn of my madness when my hair is turning grey For the milk has finally curdled and I've nothing left to say When all my thoughts are spoken (save my last departing birds...Read Full Lyrics

Glimpses of Nirvana In the darkness of the night, only occasionally relieved by glimpses of Nirvana as seen through other people's windows, wallowing in a morass of self-despair m...Read Full Lyrics

(brooker / reid) * In the wee small hours of sixpence And the lighted chandelier Stands a rusty old retainer Whose old eyes are filled with tears For his master, good sir galant, ...Read Full Lyrics