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Robyn Hitchcock : Misc: Egyptians

  1. Airscape
  2. Birds In Perspex
  3. Glass
  4. Madonna Of The Wasps
  5. My Wife And My Dead Wife
  6. Raymond Chandler Evening
  7. So You Think You're In Love
  8. Winchester

Airscape
1986

From the album Element of Light.
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And in the element of light
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The sun reflected from the waves, inshore it spangles
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And in the element of summer The cliffs suspended in the heat, the air in columns The tiny figures of the world are walking underneath your feet
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And underneath your hair
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Where angels wander
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I'll wander too
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Where angels wander |
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Over you And in the element of darkness The starlight shimmers on the spray and falls towards you Your perfect lover never there, and if she was, she wouldn't be And neither, though, would you Save your illusions For someone else Save your illusions For yourself And in the element of laughter The quick explosion and the slow release of heat The tide recedes upon the bones of something beautiful and drowned In coral and in jade Where angels hover I'll hover too Where angels hover Over you

Birds In Perspex
1991

From the album Perspex Island.
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Well I take off my clothes with you But I'm not naked underneath I was born with trousers on Just about like everyone I'm so lonely I could melt And be forgotten instantly I love you very patiently Honey, please don't finish me
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Birds in perspex come alive
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Come alive Calliopes and xylophones Play backwards in a broken stream No one gives you anything Unless, of course, you ask for it Birds in perspex come alive Come alive |
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Perspex Island, she's my girl Away above the chimney tops And when the sun goes down on her So beautiful, my heart just stops Birds in perspex come alive Come alive Come alive Ahh-ahh-ahh Ahh-ahh-ahh (Birds in perspex...) Ahh-ahh-ahh (Birds in perspex...) Ahh-ahh-ahh (Birds in perspex...)

Glass
1985

From the album Fegmania!
Glass is all we're really made of And glass is all we'll ever be Nothing there to be afraid of We're both transparent, can't you see? Glass is rising all around us It shines and shines into the air When somebody thinks they've found us Turn sideways on and disappear Glass protects you but glass can shatter Hear the sirens, hear the screams In the end though nothing matters 'Cause no one else can see your dreams

Madonna Of The Wasps
1989

From the album Queen Elvis.
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... Is this love?
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Lost Madonna of the wasps
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I wonder where we crossed?
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I wonder why she lost me? Lost Madonna of the wasps She's lying in the frost I wonder what she cost me?
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... Is this love? Gone Madonna of the swans She waves a magic wand And then she settles on me Wise Madonna of the flies I look into her eyes And then she recognized me
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 Lost Madonna of the wasps I wonder where we crossed? I wonder where she lost me? Lost Madonna of the wasps She's dying in the frost I wonder what she cost me Is this love? Is this love? |
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My Wife And My Dead Wife
1985

From the album Fegmania!
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My wife lies down in a chair and peels a pear, I know she's there
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I'm making coffee for two, just me and you
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But I come back in with coffee for three, coffee for three
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My dead wife sits in a chair, combing her hair, I know she's there
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She wanders off to the bed, shaking her head, Robyn she said
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You know I don't take sugar
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My wife and my dead wife, am I the only one that sees her?
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My wife and my dead wife, doesn't anybody see her at all?
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No, no no, no no no, no
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My wife sits down on the stairs, and stares into air, there's no one there
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I'm drilling holes in the wall, holes in the wall
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I turn round and my dead wife's upstairs, she's still wearing flares
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She talks out loud, but no one hears
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My wife and my dead wife, am I the only one that sees her
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My wife and my dead wife, doesn't anybody see her at all?
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And I cannot decide, which one I love the most
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The flesh and blood, or the pale, smiling ghost
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My wife lies down on the beach, she's sucking a peach, she's out of reach
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Of the waves that crash on the sand, where my dead wife stands, holding my hand
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Now my wife can't swim but neither could she, and deep in the sea
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She's waiting for me, she's waiting for me
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Oh, I'm such a lucky guy, 'cause I got you baby and I'll never be lonely
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My wife and my dead wife, am I the only one that sees her?
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My wife and my dead wife, doesn't anybody see her at all?
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No, no no, no no no, no

Raymond Chandler Evening
1986

From the album Element of Light.
It's a Raymond Chandler Evening At the end of someone's day And I'm standing in my pocket And I'm slowly turning grey I remember what I told you But I can't remember why And the yellow leaves are falling In a spiral from the sky There's a body on the railings That I can't identify And I'd like to reassure you but I'm not that kind of guy It's a Raymond Chandler Evening And the pavements are all wet And I'm lurking in the shadows 'Cause it hasn't happened yet

So You Think You're In Love
1991

From the album Perspex Island.
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So you think you're in love...? Yes, you probably are
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But you wanna be straight about it
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Oh you wanna be straight about it now So you think you're in love.... yes you probably are But you wanna be straight about it Oh you wanna be straight about it now
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Can you imagine what the people say?
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Can you?
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But the silent majority
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You know it Are you sure that it's wise...? No, you probably ain't You don't wanna be faint about it Oh you shouldn't be faint about it now By the look in your eyes... no, you probably ain't But you shouldn't be faint about it Oh you gotta be faint about it now
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What is love made of? Nobody knows
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What are you afraid of? Everyone knows
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It's love
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It's love So you think you're in love... yes, you probably are But you wanna be straight about it Oh you gotta be straight about it now So you think you're in love... yes, you probably are But you wanna be straight about it Oh you gotta be straight about it now
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So you think you're in love............... yeah

Winchester
1986

From the album Element of Light.
One by one by one we saw the stars One by one by one they closed the bars And one by one we all went back to Mars From Winchester One by one the evening shadows fell One by one by one we heard the bell And I remember more than I can tell From Winchester Maybe there's no one there at all Maybe there's no one left who cared Maybe there's no one there but Paul Living in Shawford after all these years Standing in the Talbot in my flares Far out Phil and Pat were always there And if you go then, baby, I don't care Winchester Water meadows curling round the hill Water meadows curling round the hill Bodies in the stream, I see them still Bodies in the stream, I see them still And I don't want to hurt you, but I will This is Winchester Maybe there's no one there at all Maybe there's no one left who cared Maybe there's no one there but Paul Living in Shawford after all these years Walking through the dark towards your door Walking through the dark towards your door Listen to the groovers how they snore Listen to the groovers how they snore And I just didn't know what love was for In Winchester In Winchester There's nowhere at all In Winchester There's nowhere at all