Whaling Stories - 2009 Remaster
Pailing well after sixteen days
A mammoth task was set
Sack the town and rob the tower
And steal the alphabet
Close the door and bar the gate
But keep the windows clean
God's alive inside a movie
Watch the silver screen
Rum was served to all the traitors
Pygmies held themselves in check
Bloodhounds nosed around the houses
Down dark alleys sailors crept
Six bells struck, the pot was boiling
Soup spilled out on passersby
Angels mumbled incantations
Closely watched by God on high
Lightning struck out, fire and brimstone
Boiling oil and shrieking steam
Darkness struck with molten fury
Flashbulbs glorified the scene
Not a man who had a finger
Not a man who could be seen
Nothing called, not name or number
Echo stormed its final scream
Daybreak washed with sands of gladness
Rotting all, it rotted clean
Windows peeped out on their neighbors
Inside fireside bedsides gleam
"Shalimar", the trumpets chorused
Angels wholly all shall take
Those alive will meet the prophets
Those at peace shall see their wake
A mammoth task was set
Sack the town and rob the tower
And steal the alphabet
Close the door and bar the gate
But keep the windows clean
God's alive inside a movie
Watch the silver screen
Rum was served to all the traitors
Pygmies held themselves in check
Bloodhounds nosed around the houses
Down dark alleys sailors crept
Six bells struck, the pot was boiling
Soup spilled out on passersby
Angels mumbled incantations
Closely watched by God on high
Lightning struck out, fire and brimstone
Boiling oil and shrieking steam
Darkness struck with molten fury
Flashbulbs glorified the scene
Not a man who had a finger
Not a man who could be seen
Nothing called, not name or number
Echo stormed its final scream
Daybreak washed with sands of gladness
Rotting all, it rotted clean
Windows peeped out on their neighbors
Inside fireside bedsides gleam
"Shalimar", the trumpets chorused
Angels wholly all shall take
Those alive will meet the prophets
Those at peace shall see their wake
Credits
Writer(s): Gary Brooker, Keith Reid
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