White City

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Keith was the sole inhabitant Keith was the sole inhabitant Keith woke beside the fountain From his dreams of China mountains Far from the chatter of these autobanks That keep chucking up money It turned into the kind of joke That Keith feels isn't that funny [Chorus] The White City The White City [Verse 2] Keith talked in alphanumerals Keith talked in alphanumerals Keith built a drug cathedral Shape of an octahedron Where he could hide from young Orwellians Who would trample their brothers A thin white powder film on everything But soot is the colour [Chorus] Of the White City White City The White City [Bridge] So, are you happy With this vision you've created? Should have known you'd never rest Till we're all incinerated And you know you are the best [Interlude: Robyn Hitchcock] "Now, old girl was covered in flowers It's a shame 'cause there wasn't any room in her head I climbed through a crack in the sky! He screamed like this: (scream)" [Chorus] The White, The White City White City [Outro: Robyn Hitchcock] "Where was I? Bedfordshire, that's a lousy place, it's on the A45, you go around and it's absolutely flat, and I can't see any- any enthusiasm for that sort of thing at all My idea, when we started out was to have a, you know, a rising up and falling, kind of undulating, ovulating ground which you don't get so much nowadays, everything seems to be sort of piecemeal and staggered, which, I don't think is really very exciting, do you? Ah, you're not there either"