Just Another Mystery
From ElvisCostello
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LyricsStarting out from the mortuary platform While the band played a lachrymose refrain They hung two green flags on the engine They swore it was a solid gold train
The people lined up by the side of the tracks As the carriage rolled away in the dark Through the long hours of uncertainty He was the hammer who beat out the spark
Hammer and anvil, tears and pain Stoke up the coals and rattle the chains Don't cry anymore It's just another mystery
They packed away his manuscript and metronome His jackdaw quill pen was lost His pocket watch was closed The eviction notice was secretly burned While they threw dice for the rest of his clothes
The train left the Grand Central Station Bound for Washington, D.C. But instead flew straight 'cross the ocean For Vienna, Stockholm and Paris
Kings, queens, the pashas and potentates Assembled to wish him god speed But when you've been resting as long as him It's not really something you need
Everywhere he went they had a word for him On his way back to where he belonged They stood him up, they gathered around and took photographs While a ventriloquist sang all of his songs
They said that we're sending a free man From his long-lost country of birth Now that we've had the best of him They can put him in their loving earth
When they heard they were sending the body back They gathered from near and from far Another flag, another band, another banner Saying "Welcome home, whoever you are"
There was a joke, but nobody spoke The graveyard decidedly odd Where all the dead people turn into big trees Like hands pointing fingers at God
Hammer and anvil, tears and pain Stoke up the coals and rattle the chains Don't cry anymore It's just another mystery train
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