[Verse] Mr Skiffington has a dulcimer (What a marvelous sound) And he plays it all the time In his room And his room is in the attic And his attic's in the sky And the sky is where he lies With his wife And his wife is in a coma And her coma's in his mind But his mind is very kind In the night When the night is very lonely And he's playing for his life And he plays it all the time For his life Mr Skiffington has a dulcimer [Pre-Chorus] And it's hanging on the wall With a silken thread Of red and gold And silver lace It's hanging on the wall [Chorus] But he never plays it No He never plays it No He never plays it Never plays it at all Never plays it at all Never plays it at all [Verse 2] Mr Skiffington has a family And his family is his friends And his friends are very kind In the night When the night is very lonely And they're playing for their lives And they play it all the time For their lives [Pre-Chorus] Mr Skiffington has a dulcimer And it's hanging on the wall With a silken thread Of red and gold And silver lace It's hanging on the wall [Chorus] But he never plays it No He never plays it No He never plays it Never plays it at all Never plays it at all Never plays it at all [Post-Chorus] No He never plays it No He never plays it No He never plays it Never plays it at all Never plays it at all Never plays it at all
