Far Parade

Had a sense it couldn't last Watched the wonder wander past Held it briefly, set it free There is a space above me Everything will come and go There is a curve that I don't know Don't need it otherwise but No-one reads the book of lies and No-one looks into the void as Anything but paranoid and Anything that you would be will Swerve and hurt eventually And I'm ungood if I can't shout Without the vowels or the label out Escorted from my desk Unable to unheed From heroine to heroin Cash out and head on in to Burlesque and snake-oil charm Flashing lights and fakir calm Shine your knives and sinecures Your red-top wives, your gurning poor As ye sow so shall ye find your Car ...is burning at the mine Decent men and women form a line and dance in time - it's a far parade The ghost of war, the painted whore, dial up one nine one four - it's a far parade Decent men and women form a line and dance in time - far parade Distant men and women form a line and dance in time - far parade Distant men and women form a line, form a line - far parade Distant men and women form a line, form a line - far parade