Surf’s Up (SMiLE Version)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] The diamond necklace played the pawn Hand in hand, some drummed along, oh,  To a handsome mannered baton (Bygone, bygone) A blind class aristocracy Back through the opera glass, you see The pit and the pendulum drawn (Bygone, bygone) [Refrain] Columnated ruins domino! Canvas the town and brush the backdrop Are you sleeping? [Verse 2] Hung velvet overtaken me Dim chandelier awaken me To a song dissolved in the dawn (Bygone, bygone) The music hall – a costly bow The music, all is lost for now,  To a muted trumpeter swan (Bygone, bygone) [Refrain] Columnated ruins domino! Canvas the town and brush the backdrop Are you sleeping? Brother John? [Bridge] Dove-nested towers– the hour was strike the street, quicksilver moon Carriage across the fog– two-step to lamplight cellar tune The laughs come hard in "Auld Lang Syne" The glass was raised, the fired-rose,  The fullness of the wine, the dim last toasting While at Port, adieu or die A choke of grief, heart-hardened, I,  Beyond belief, a broken man too tough to cry [Chorus] Surf's up, mhm mhm, mhm-mm–aboard a tidal wave Come about hard and join the young and often spring you gave [Outro] I heard the word – wonderful thing! A children's song (Child, child, the child – the child...) (Child, child, the child... Father of the man) (Child, child, the child – the child...) (Child, child, the child... the lonely Father of the man) A children's song – have you listened as they play? (Child, child, the child – the child...) (Child, child, the child... Father of the man) (Child, child, the child – the child...) Their song is love,  (Child, child, the child... Father of the man) (Child, child, the child – the child...) And the children know the way (Child, child, the child... Father of the man) (Child, child, the child – the child...) (That's why the child...) Na na na, na na na na (Child, child, the child – the child...) Na na na, na na na na (That's why the child...) (Child, child, the child – the child...) Na na, hey na Na na na, na na na na (Child, child, the child – the child...)