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Starting out from the mortuary platform | <noinclude>{{Lyrics for|Just Another Mystery}}</noinclude> | ||
Starting out from the mortuary platform<br> | |||
While the band played a lachrymose refrain | While the band played a lachrymose refrain<br> | ||
They hung two green flags on the engine<br> | |||
They hung two green flags on the engine | They swore it was a solid gold train<br> | ||
<br> | |||
They swore it was a solid gold train | The people lined up by the side of the tracks<br> | ||
As the carriage rolled away in the dark<br> | |||
Through the long hours of uncertainty<br> | |||
He was the hammer who beat out the spark<br> | |||
The people lined up by the side of the tracks | <br> | ||
Hammer and anvil, tears and pain<br> | |||
As the carriage rolled away in the dark | Stoke up the coals and rattle the chains<br> | ||
Don't cry anymore<br> | |||
Through the long hours of uncertainty | It's just another mystery<br> | ||
<br> | |||
He was the hammer who beat out the spark | They packed away his manuscript and metronome<br> | ||
His jackdaw quill pen was lost<br> | |||
His pocket watch was closed<br> | |||
The eviction notice was secretly burned<br> | |||
Hammer and anvil, tears and pain | While they threw dice for the rest of his clothes<br> | ||
<br> | |||
Stoke up the coals and rattle the chains | The train left the Grand Central Station<br> | ||
Bound for Washington, D.C.<br> | |||
Don't cry anymore | But instead flew straight 'cross the ocean<br> | ||
For Vienna, Stockholm and Paris<br> | |||
It's just another mystery | <br> | ||
Kings, queens, the pashas and potentates<br> | |||
Assembled to wish him god speed<br> | |||
But when you've been resting as long as him<br> | |||
They packed away his manuscript and metronome | It's not really something you need<br> | ||
<br> | |||
His jackdaw quill pen was lost | Everywhere he went they had a word for him<br> | ||
On his way back to where he belonged<br> | |||
His pocket watch was closed | They stood him up, they gathered around and took photographs<br> | ||
While a ventriloquist sang all of his songs<br> | |||
The eviction notice was secretly burned | <br> | ||
They said that we're sending a free man<br> | |||
While they threw dice for the rest of his clothes | From his long-lost country of birth<br> | ||
Now that we've had the best of him<br> | |||
They can put him in their loving earth<br> | |||
<br> | |||
The train left the Grand Central Station | When they heard they were sending the body back<br> | ||
They gathered from near and from far<br> | |||
Bound for Washington, D.C. | Another flag, another band, another banner<br> | ||
Saying "Welcome home, whoever you are"<br> | |||
But instead flew straight 'cross the ocean | <br> | ||
There was a joke, but nobody spoke<br> | |||
For Vienna, Stockholm and Paris | The graveyard decidedly odd<br> | ||
Where all the dead people turn into big trees<br> | |||
Like hands pointing fingers at God<br> | |||
<br> | |||
Kings, queens, the pashas and potentates | Hammer and anvil, tears and pain<br> | ||
Stoke up the coals and rattle the chains<br> | |||
Assembled to wish him god speed | Don't cry anymore<br> | ||
It's just another mystery train<br> | |||
But when you've been resting as long as him | <br> | ||
All aboard!<br> | |||
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 | |||
All aboard! |
Latest revision as of 15:28, 20 May 2009
Just Another Mystery
Starting 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
All aboard!