never thought this day would end
walked the tired steps of latter day friends
and all because your stubborness
was smiling through your braces
never thought this day would come
you threw the bricks that built this wall
amantillado! at the top of your lungs
and i cant hear you anymore
so take your diamond bland shaped tears
and maybe ill see you in twenty years
and i will always wear your ring
you know, the one that turned my finger green
its not you its me
well i never thought this day would end
walked the tired steps of latter day friends
and all because your stubborness
was smiling through your braces
never thought this day would come
you threw the bricks that built this wall
amantillado! at the top of your lungs
and i cant hear you anymore
you dont know what you've got till its gone
silver platter opportunity
you dont know what you've got til its gone
silver platter opportunity
never taught what you thought you knew
meal tickets have been refused
never taught what you thought you knew
meal tickets have been refused
never taught what you thought you knew
you gave me a reason
to sing our last song
so take your diamond bland shaped tears
and maybe ill see you in twenty years
and i will always wear your ring
you know, the one that turned my finger green
its not you its meOnward! And Onward! And Onward I go
Where no man before could be bothered to go
Till the soles of my shoes are shot full of holes
And it's all downhill with a bullet
This ramblin' and rovin' has taken it's course
I'm grazing with the dinosaurs and the dear old horses
And the city streets crack and a great hole forces
Me down with my soapbox, my pulpit
The theatre ceiling is silver star spangled
And the coins in my pocket go jingle-jangle
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
There's a man in the theatre with girlish eyes
Who's holding my childhood to ransom
On the screen there's a death,
there's a rustle of cloth
And a sickly voice calling me handsome
There's a man in the theatre with sly girlish eyes
On the screen there's an ape, a gorilla
There's a groan, there's a cough, there's a rustle of cloth
And a voice that stinks of death and vanilla
This is a secret, mauled and mangled
And the coins in my pocket go jingle-jangle
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
The walls in the ceiling are painted in blood
The lights go down, the red curtains come apart
The room is full of smoke and dialogue I know by heart
And the coins in my pocket jingle-jangle
As the great screen crackled and popped
And the clock of my boyhood was wound down and stopped
And my handsome little body oddly propped
And my trousers right down to my ankles
Yes, onward! And upward!
And I'm off to find love
Do you love me? If you do, I'm thankful
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
This city is an ogre squatting by the river
It gives life but it takes it away, my youth
There comes a time when you just cannot deliver
This is a fact. This is a stone cold truth.
Do you love me? I love you, handsome.
But do you love me? Yes, I love you, you are handsome
Amongst the cogs and the wire