Earthly Pleasure

歌詞

Naked on the toilet with a toothbrush in his mouth When he suddenly acquired an overwhelming sense of doubt Every single piece of baggage he'd been holding on his back Was beginning to dig in and so his back began to crack And when he finally broke up he found that he'd been breaking down; Little body, little soul, little shrapnel on the ground And so he started to examine from the clumsy to the cute; From the fat fat cat to the destitute From the chat-fat cat to the mute Oh, Earthly Pleasure, ring out! From the rigours of this road Earthly pleasure, ring out! From the caverns of my soul Then suddenly he found himselves in eighteen-twenty-two And he was in another body in a heavy sort of suit He was surrounded but he'd started making plans to make a run When they called to him: "Son, cock your gun" And so he did as all the others had already done He put his finger on the trigger and he got him some And though he don't like to admit it, it was sensual and pure And he changed that day though he can't be sure If it's the sickness or the cure Oh, Earthly Pleasure, ring out! From the rigours of this road Earthly pleasure, ring out! From the caverns of my soul So there he was in front of Her Divine Simplicity And she was speaking Esperanto and drinking Ginger Tea As she enquired about the reason for his visit here today Well, he just said: "No reason, and I really shouldn't stay" And so he thought that she would think that he was some kind of freak And that he'd go back to the grind and that he wouldn't last a week But she didn't, she just sighed and uttered softly with a smile: "Sit down, dear child, what's on your mind?' And so he frantically described to her the kingdom at her feet As she continued with her manicure and poured another tea As he recounted tales of misery and suffering and pain She was yawning at the ceiling, so he had to up his game: "The only thing your children cherish is to move up the ranks Lucifer is in our courts, Beelzebub is in our banks And if you don't cooperate with us, we'll hound you 'til you're dead" So she granted him a wish and let him write it on her head And when he read it back to her, this is all it said: Earthly Pleasure, ring out! From the rigours of this road Earthly pleasure, ring out! From the caverns of my soul Now I truly understand that I don't understand a thing So let this earthly pleasure sing