Oh! You Pretty Things (Live Friars, Aylesbury, 25th September, 1971)

Lyrics

[Intro] This is a number I, I wrote for myself and for the album Uh, and somebody else did it, won't say anymore But, uh, uh, say no more, I'll say no more We'll do it anyway [Verse 1] Wake up, you sleepy heads Put on some clothes, shake up your bed Put another log on the fire for me Made some breakfast and coffee Look out my window, what do I see? Crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me [Refrain] All the nightmares came today Looks as though they're here to stay [Verse 2] What are we coming to? No room for me, no fun for you I think about a world to come Where the books were found by the Golden ones Written in pain, written in awe By a puzzled man who questioned what we came here for [Refrain] All the strangers came today Looks as though they're here to stay [Chorus] Oh, you Pretty Things Don't you know you're driving your Mamas and Papas insane? Oh, you Pretty Things Don't you know you're driving your Mamas and Papas insane? Let me say it again You gotta make way for the Homo Superior [Verse 3] Look out at your children See their faces in golden rays Don't kid yourself, they belong to you They're the start of the coming race Earth is a bitch, we've finished our news Homo Sapiens have outgrown their use [Refrain] All the strangers came today And it looks as though they're here to stay [Chorus] Oh, you Pretty Things Don't you know you're driving your Mamas and Papas insane? Oh, you Pretty Things Don't you know you're driving your Mamas and Papas insane? Let me say it again You gotta make way for the Homo Superior