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The Sphinx In The Face (John Peel Session / 1977)
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I remember what it felt like at 17
I was a cat, a snake, or even a mouse
Still got an interest in a limousine and a house
And a brat
Country house, country flat
I'm on a head for the island when the summer's out
I'm gonna do all the stuff that I can
Dreams like a fish in a water foul
I'm a fan
Of the flow
I'm a man who should know it began long ago
It doesn't stop
There's so much to remember
There's so much to forget
You're on an apparition of the future tense
But don't know it yet
And the flesh comes through the spirit
Oh, but the spirit through the flesh
We look the saints in the face for answers
And of course we're not impressed
And the cost of being aged and easy
Experience the truth
You'll pay the fee that's usually
For any kind of truth
Nobody gets caught some things
We're caught between options we fail to break
Such wasted chance
So I join the wastrel's dance
It has slow as well as fast movement
And any change must surely be an improvement
On simply fossilizing
Standing still
I got a medieval patience of a quiet zone
I just can't wait for the song to be sung
I still possess by the promise of the fragile dome
You're so young
You're so old
You're so here, you're so gone
Such a drag
To be told
You're so here, you're so wrong
You're so young
You're so old
You're so here, you're so wrong
Such a drag
To be told
You're so here, you're so wrong
You're so young
You're so old
You're so here, you're so wrong
Such a drag
To be told
You're so here, you're so wrong
You're so young, so, so, so young
You're so old
You're so here, you're so wrong
Such a drag
To be told
You're so here, you're so wrong
You're so young
You're so old
You're so here, you're so wrong
Such a drag
To be told
You're so here, you're so wrong
You're so young
You're so old
You're so here, you're so wrong
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