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Author: Robyn Hitchcock Released on 4
records:
Perspex Island, 1991 (Vinyl LP) A&M Records 75021 5368 1
Perspex Island, 1991 (CD) A&M Records 75021 5368 2
Perspex Island, 1991 (Cassette) A&M Records 75021 7240 4
Perspex Island, 1991 (Cassette) A&M Records 75021 5368 4
Lyrics:
So long my earthly paradise
So long to you
So long my earthly paradise
So long to you
They say you've been poisoned
They say you've closed down
But I saw a light 'neath your door
There's so many rumours on this side of town
Who knows what that one is for
So long my earthly paradise
Glass-topped hotel
I dreamed you on rails of mercury
Drove you to hell
There's pigs in the bedroom and pigs in the hall
They're chewing away at the wax
And a misshapen god in the deckchair outside
Where Josephine used to relax
My earthly cloud-capped mountain home
My angel of the sea
There's nowhere else that I could roam
That means that much to me
So long my earthly paradise
Stranger's hand
Tear the gold off your pinnacles
Understand
The bastards that destroy our lives
Are sometimes just ourselves
But mostly they're invisible
I hope they fry in hell
I hope you fry in hell
So long, my earthly paradise
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Known to have been played live at 2 gigs:
Robyn Hitchcock: McCabe's (Santa Monica, California US), 5/5/1991 and Andy Metcalfe (Concert)If you have an addition or correction, please send an e-mail message about it to Bayard Catron.
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