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Chalkhills And Children
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 lucks` 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...
Chalkhills and children,
Anchor my feet.
Chalkhills and children,
Bringing me back to earth,
Eternally and ever Ermine Street.
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.
(Even I never know where I go when my eyes are all closed.)
Here I go again.
Chalkhills And Children
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 lucks` 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...
Chalkhills and children,
Anchor my feet.
Chalkhills and children,
Bringing me back to earth,
Eternally and ever Ermine Street.
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.
(Even I never know where I go when my eyes are all closed.)
Here I go again.