Chalkhills and Children lyrics

Artist  : XTC 
Song : Chalkhills and Children
 


I'm floating over strange land,
It's a
soulless, sequined, showbiz moon.
I'm floating
over strange land,
And then stranger still,
there's no balloon.
But I'm getting
higher,
Wafted up by fame's fickle fire 'til
the...

Chalkhills and children,
Anchor
my feet.
Chalkhills and children,
Bringing
me back to earth,
Eternally and ever Ermine
Street.
(Even I never know where I go when my
eyes are closed.)

I'm skating over thin
ice,
Upon blunted blades of metal soft.
I'm
skating over thin ice,
While some nonesuch net
holds me aloft.
But I'm getting
higher,
Lifted up on lucks' circus wire 'til
the...

Chalkhills and children,
Anchor
my feet.
Chalkhills and children,
Bringing
me back to earth,
Eternally and ever Ermine
Street.

Even I never know where I go when
my eyes are closed.
Even I never spied that
the scenes were posed.
Even I never knew this
is what I'd be.
Even eyes never mean that
you're sure to see.

Still I'm getting
higher,
Rolling up on three empty tyres, 'til
the...

Chalkhills and children,
Anchor
my feet.
Chalkhills and children,
Bringing
me back to earth,
Eternally and ever Ermine
Street.

I'm soaring over hushed
crowds,
The reluctant cannonball it
seems.
I'm soaring over hushed crowds,
I'm
propelled up here by long dead
dreams.

Still I'm getting
higher,
Icarus regrets and retires
puzzled.

Chalkhills and
children,
Anchor my feet.
Chalkhills and
children,
Oddly complete.
(Even I never
know where I go when my eyes are all
closed.)

Here I go again.