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Mark Gillespie
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Mayday in Arcadia
In the distance, in the gloom There's a long procession of deep-sea divers Coming from an air-tight room Their dancing lights give a false impression It will all be over soon
And Baby Ben has just struck ten Doc says I've only got to do one more session Some guy named de Sade Man, he's taking it hard But I guess he had to learn his lesson
And Neptune's in his palace at the bottom of the sea And his priests warn Plato that their prophesies Are turning out to be no fantasy They say the world will end at 8 o'clock Father Time gave his blessing at 3
And they've barred the windows And they're locking the doors And they're waiting for the shock just like me And Helen of Troy, she's making love with a boy Her malice hiding her jealousy
There's not a cloud in sight, it's a sunny day And there's mermaids all along the shore waiting
Yeah, but they're not sure exactly what for Virgil's reading back through the Iliad And Achilles is checking his heel
Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com And God has lost any will that he had He's just wishing he had 4 wheels And all the angels in Arcadia Man, they're screaming for a better deal They'd like to strike, they say it's their right But instead they're all made to kneel
And the sun's setting lower And the wind starts moaning Who could have known that those red-hot stones'd Be raining down like flakes of snow And while they sleep hot death is blown A fiery curtain is closing the show
Noah's boat, it can't even float He's on the Royal Telephone God's chariots, they can't even carry it Can't even get a dial tone And it's mayday in Arcadia All the rats are leaving home And it's mayday in Arcadia Man, you'd better get back to your home It's mayday in Arcadia Rats! What else can I say to you? Either you dig it, or you don't It's mayday in Arcadia Ah! You'd better go back to your home
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