Question Of Sport Songtext
von Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick
Question Of Sport Songtext
Oh, I am Humanity cast in the flood
Wave your liberty as I come among you
I ride the ark on a sea of blood
They call me the Great Azaniah
I soared like the dove, released in the air
When they tossed me through the window tied to a chair
I landed in the middle of Trafalgar Square
I come to visit all your bad dreams upon you
Now the first that I met when I came in to land
Was the Grantham grocer′s daughter
As she cried aloud, "How sorry I am
There wasn't anybody who could have caught you"
She crooned in my ear like I knew she could
A cabinet briefing on the misunderstood
I bathed my wounds in my very own blood
Calling on the world press to support ′em
Oh, the cameras rattled and the questions flew
Everybody sang a ruled retalia
The cabinet jumped up two by two
Joining in with their own memoranda
They went, "Maximum leverage, minimum force
You get your dividend but you gotta stay the course"
Sang as they all trooped off to the house
"God save our gracious Teedot"
Oh, they knew by the bruising around my body
I clearly was a threat to the nation
They knew that menace to life and limb
Was a matter of interpretation
They had me down at the dog track running like the hare
I was huge on the replay screens right there
Crowds flung their hats in the air
Marvelling at my acceleration
Oh, they heard me cry when I fell among thieves
The billy club beat, a tattoo on me
They joined the brokers and crowded the eaves
Jostling to get the best view of me
They sang, "Suffer little children and see how they run"
As the tear gas flew and the sham box sang
Still as the white ball necklace burned
They prayed out aloud for their piece of me
Oh, the birdmen of Pollsmoor raged in the dark
"Ranman come to saddle up and ride 'em"
The birdmen of Pollsmoor built them an ark
No divine telegram to guide 'em
Ranman shouted, Ranman cajoled
In the township jive on the photo wall
The words of the birdmen spangled the wall
A weeping tear gas diadem
It said "I am Humanity cast in the flood
Wave your liberty as I come among you
I ride the ark on a sea of blood
They call me the Great Azaniah"
"I soared like the dove, released in the air
You left me for dead at the foot of the stair
And as I stand in the middle of Trafalgar Square
Resurrections all around you"
Wave your liberty as I come among you
I ride the ark on a sea of blood
They call me the Great Azaniah
I soared like the dove, released in the air
When they tossed me through the window tied to a chair
I landed in the middle of Trafalgar Square
I come to visit all your bad dreams upon you
Now the first that I met when I came in to land
Was the Grantham grocer′s daughter
As she cried aloud, "How sorry I am
There wasn't anybody who could have caught you"
She crooned in my ear like I knew she could
A cabinet briefing on the misunderstood
I bathed my wounds in my very own blood
Calling on the world press to support ′em
Oh, the cameras rattled and the questions flew
Everybody sang a ruled retalia
The cabinet jumped up two by two
Joining in with their own memoranda
They went, "Maximum leverage, minimum force
You get your dividend but you gotta stay the course"
Sang as they all trooped off to the house
"God save our gracious Teedot"
Oh, they knew by the bruising around my body
I clearly was a threat to the nation
They knew that menace to life and limb
Was a matter of interpretation
They had me down at the dog track running like the hare
I was huge on the replay screens right there
Crowds flung their hats in the air
Marvelling at my acceleration
Oh, they heard me cry when I fell among thieves
The billy club beat, a tattoo on me
They joined the brokers and crowded the eaves
Jostling to get the best view of me
They sang, "Suffer little children and see how they run"
As the tear gas flew and the sham box sang
Still as the white ball necklace burned
They prayed out aloud for their piece of me
Oh, the birdmen of Pollsmoor raged in the dark
"Ranman come to saddle up and ride 'em"
The birdmen of Pollsmoor built them an ark
No divine telegram to guide 'em
Ranman shouted, Ranman cajoled
In the township jive on the photo wall
The words of the birdmen spangled the wall
A weeping tear gas diadem
It said "I am Humanity cast in the flood
Wave your liberty as I come among you
I ride the ark on a sea of blood
They call me the Great Azaniah"
"I soared like the dove, released in the air
You left me for dead at the foot of the stair
And as I stand in the middle of Trafalgar Square
Resurrections all around you"
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