Ritz
Church, The

Church, The

Magician Among The Spirits

Ritz

By steve harley / cockney rebel


Hark to roualt's white insanity,

Clowns in drag concealing vanity,

This is hardly paradise,

We're still in search of petty scorn.


Images so dead in mourning,

Clap and cheer the man performing,

This is hardly paradise,

We're still in search of petty scorn.


Couch my disease in chintz-covered kisses,

Glazed calico cloth, my costume this is,

Come to pablo fanque's in indigo,

We'll show you pastel shades of rhyme.


Take a letter, ophelia, write

sorry desdemona bright,

Peeking through the nimbus covers,

We see the twisted tale of man.


Catch us in the cornfield hiding,

Me, maryse and moonbeams gliding,

Peeking through the nimbus covers,


We see the twisted tale of man.


Careless, caress, curl up beside me,

Visit, sleep and smile, and drown me,

March together, slay like nero,

We'll show you something you understand

(originally this was now we have something you understand.)


Oh! the clown, his stare is eyeless,

Shall he make you laugh or cry, yes,

March together, slay like nero,

We'll show you something you understand.


The other verses are from the cockney rebel original version. i've left them in for general interest. also steve and marty performed the whole thing live at least once.


It is time to hide my body,

Shall we start to speak of holly,

I don't wanna be that superhero,

'til you have something we understand.


Heard they're moving pisces into june,

Shall we put together a platoon,

I don't wanna be that superhero,

'til you have something we understand.


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  10,000 Miles   5:28   A Fire Burns   A New Season   Afterimage   Afterlife   All See It Now   Already Yesterday   An Interlude   Anaesthesia   Ancient History   Angelica   Another Earth   Antenna   Anyway   Appalatia   Aura   Authority   Autumn Soon   Bel-air   Blood Money   Busdriver   Business Woman   Chrome Injury   City   Columbus   Comedown   Constant In Opal   Cut In Two   Day Of The Dead   Desert   Destination   Disappear?   Disappointment   Disenchanted   Dome   Don't Look Back   Don't Open The Door To Strangers   Drought   Eastern   Electric   Essence   Feel   Field Of Mars   Fighter Pilot....korean War   Florian Trout   Fog   Forgotten Reign   Fraulein   Freeze To Burn   Frozen And Distant   Further Adventures Of The Time Being   Get Over It   Glow Worm   Grandiose   Grind   Hotel Womb   Hunter   I Am A Rock   In This Room   Into My Hands   Is This Where You Live   It Could Be Anyone   It Doesn't Change   Just For You   Kings   Ladyboy   Laughing   Leave Your Clothes On   Life Speeds Up   Lizard   Lost   Lost My Touch   Louisiana   Loveblind   Lullaby   Macabre Tavern   Magician Among The Spirits   Man   Memories In Future Tense   Metropolis   Mistress   Much Too Much   Musk   My Little Problem   Myrrh   Night Of Light   Nightmare   No Certainty Attached   North, South, East And West   Nose Dive   Old Flame   One Day   Paradox   Pharaoh   Reptile   Ricochet   Ride Into The Sunset   Ripple   Roman   Romany Caravan   Russian Autumn Heart   Sad   Secret Corners   Shadow Cabinet   She Comes In Singing   She Never Said   Spark   Stop   Swan Lake   Take It Back   Take Your Place   Tantalized   Terra Nova Cain   Texas Moon   The Dead Man's Dream   The Disillusionist   The Feast   The Great Machine   The Maven   The Myths You Made   The Night Is Very Soft   The Time Being   The Unguarded Moment   This Is It   To Be In Your Eyes   Too Fast For You   Towards Sleep   Tranquility   Transient   Tristesse   Trying To Get In   Two Places At Once   Under The Milky Way   Wam Spell   Warm Oily Voices   We Both Know Why You're Here   Welcome   When You Were Mine   White Star Line   Who Is The One ?   Why Don't You Love Me   Witch Hunt   You Got Off Light   You Took   You've Got To Go   Youth Worshipper

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