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'Too Many Poets'

Fiery Moon and August Chair (The Bosun's Sister)


 

 

Key to authors' pseudonyms

at the age of 23
i was sick o' scrapin' and countin'
so i took myself
for searchin'
to the top of a nearby mountain
a sage appeared
no flowing locks
or long white beard
but steeped in all philosophy

he said
"i speak the truth,
listen hard and see"
and this is what he said to me,
"keep your eye on the balls
until i tell you to stop,
when you take your eye off
a secret door will drop
from the heaven to the sea"
so this is what he said to me
..............what he said to me
..............what he said to me
... this is what he said to me
when i was sick and tired
at the age of 23

so this is what he said to me
..............what he said to me
..............what he said to me
... this is what he said to me
when i was sick and tired
at the age of 23

he said
"a secret door will drop
from the heaven to the sea,
and when that door is oiled
you won't be needing me,
when that door is oiled
you won't be needing me
......won't be needing me.
you'll still be mighty sick and tired
but you won't be needing me  


Procol Harum concerts in 2001: index page

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