Martinets Lyrics

Pasty-faced villainsChalkware pilfers dimesPasty-faced villainsMy baubles ain't your kind‘Cause when a Buffalo boy tradesHe nickels for rhymesOh, gather up SundaySunday mak...Read Full Lyrics

Clementine, the sights you solveIt's profligates return this sawA native to the dance halls of the GaulWhere dancing absolves us all'Cause they used to know my old MaMonkey...Read Full Lyrics

Close the doorTurn out the lightSavants, a pillbox pleaseA man’s overboard without dreamsWhile the actors sleep inducedAnd the artist’s bow draws downTurn the dial, oh ...Read Full Lyrics

Solemn heir once and future kingYou are the scion of everything I amOoh-ooh-ooh lodestar, shine onLife is easy if you know who you areFly by creed and hornLeave corner ston...Read Full Lyrics

Call me riderCall me anythingCall me what you likeThere’s no good names for soul‘Cause you know meSycamore spit-twineThese knotted boughs must writeOf each injusticeEvery...Read Full Lyrics

Lo, and lo!There aren’t queens, ho!There are streets you paint with goldAnd dreams told of pearlStung with lanterns brightWith promise since earned by daySpurned to frigh...Read Full Lyrics

Sail sailorSail by June'round equatorShadowing ruinSet course for homeWhistle alongOr whistle aloneAnd fear-thee-not, stardust’cause from the prow they'd hum Neptune's tune...Read Full Lyrics

Tender was the nightTorrid sways the scenePrayers sent grasping forForlorn, sinewy dreamWave on horsemenAlert the midnight guardFinally breathing a last, dear heartThere you ...Read Full Lyrics