XTC - Oranges & Lemons

Chalkhills And Children - 2001 - Remaster

I'm floating over strange land
It's a soulless, sequined, showbiz moon
I'm floating over strange land
And then, stranger still, there's no balloon

But I'm getting higher
Wafted up by fame's fickle fire 'til the

Chalkhills and children anchor my feet
Chalkhills and children bringing me back to earth
Eternally and ever Ermine Street
Even I never know where I go when my eyes are closed

I'm skating over thin ice
Upon blunted blades of metal soft
I'm skating over thin ice
While some nonesuch net holds me aloft

But I'm getting higher
Lifted up on luck's circus wire 'til the

Chalkhills and children anchor my feet
Chalkhills and children bringing me back to earth
Eternally and ever Ermine Street

Even I never know where I go when my eyes are closed
Even I never spied that the scenes were posed
Even I never knew this is what I'd be
Even eyes never mean that you're sure to see

Still, I'm getting higher
Rolling up on three empty tyres 'til the

I'm soaring over hushed crowds
The reluctant cannonball, it seems
I'm soaring over hushed crowds
I'm propelled up here by long dead dreams

Still, I'm getting higher
Icarus regrets and retires puzzled

Chalkhills and children anchor my feet
Chalkhills and children, oddly complete

Chalkhills and children (even I never know where I go when my eyes are all closed)
Chalkhills and children (even I never know where I go when my eyes are all closed)
Chalkhills and children (even I never know where I go when my eyes are all closed)
Chalkhills and children (even I never know where I go when my eyes are all closed)

Chalkhills and children (even I never know where I go when my eyes are all closed)
Chalkhills and children (even I never know where I go when my eyes are all closed, here I go again)
Chalkhills and children (here I go again, even I never know where I go when my eyes are all closed, here I go again)
Chalkhills and children (here I go again, even I never know where I go when my eyes are all closed)
Chalkhills and children (even I never know where I go when my eyes are all closed)



Credits
Writer(s): Andy Partridge
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  4. Oranges and Lemons
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  7. The Compact XTC
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