Across This Antheap (Oranges & Lemons demo) Songtext
von Andy Partridge

Soldiers, workers, slaves and farmers
Nurses, queens and drones
Wish they′d leave my head tonight
Let me rest my bones

(Ziggedy zig zag just look at 'em. Ziggedy zag, hey hey)

A billion feet sound just like a billion drums
A bed is creaking as the new messiah comes
The cars are crashing and the bacon is hacked
The coffin′s lowered and the lunches get packed
Still segregating 'cause we insects are too proud
Doesn't matter what colour of cat you are there′s no dogs allowed

And the screaming sky won′t let me sleep
The stars are laughing at us
As we crawl on and on across this antheap


War planes go over but no wages go 'round
A sign goes up to say hey we′re twin towned
The dough is rising but no bread will be baked
The fur is genuine but the orgasm's faked
We′re spending millions to learn to speak porpoise
When human loneliness is still a deafening noise

And the screaming sky won't let me sleep
The stars are laughing at us
As we crawl on and on across this antheap

Soldiers, workers, slaves and farmers
Nurses, queens and drones
Wish they′d leave my head tonight
And let me rest my bones

And all the world's babies are crying still
While all the police cars harmonize with power drills
As jets and kettles form a chord with screeching gulls.
Accompanied by truncheons keeping time on human
Skulls. And the screaming sky won't let me sleep
The stars are laughing at us
As we crawl on and on past lovers who′ll leap
On and on past widows who′ll weep
On and on no more than skin deep
On and on across this antheap