the gymnast, high above the ground

the gymnast

high above the ground

limbers up and falls timbers down. ankles splayed and all tied. the gymnast long has arrived. lazy

your long sister lays

waiting out this long light brigade. prayed for snow a long time. and lazy

it long has arrived. through the tarlatan holes

you've been slipping

been slipping away

and the weather will hold

it's been ever so

ever so gray. but here as we're coming down

and we're sounding out: it's a terrible

terrible tide

as it lights upon your eye

but there on the motorway

reeks of marmalade

it's a chemical

chemical kind

as it lights upon your eye

lights upon your eye

the bosun calls upon the quay. compass gone

he long has lost his way

to lighthouse shine

to calm tide. the bosun long has arrived. through the tarlatan holes

you've been slipping

been slipping away

and the weather will hold

it's been ever so

ever so gray

but here as we're coming down

and we're sounding out: it's a terrible

terrible tide

as it lights upon your eye

but there on the motorway

reeks of marmalade

it's a chemical

chemical kind

as it lights upon your eye

lights upon your eye