Memorial Drive

Album: Broken Barricades 1971 

Picture sleeve: 

Taking Notes and Stealing Quotes on this song

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Words by
Keith Reid

* Keith advises BtP (January 2009) that 'seals'' should be 'seas'. Listening to the record, we think 'seals'' is what Gary's singing: that doesn't mean it's correct, though

Cellar full of diamonds, turret full of gold
All for a mermaid's locket, too much to hold
Drink the * seals' blood from the ocean,
Drink the whole ocean dry
Steal the moonshine from the night-time,
Steal the sun from the sky

Black-skinned warrior, Zulu Queen
Sold for a silver dollar, shipped across the sea
Worked like a Mexican donkey,
Used like a hole in the ground
Branded her skin like she didn't feel a thing
Crying without a sound

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