Ageing Raver Songtext
von Roy Harper

Stain-glass people
Filling the sooty city
But he′s sleeping
Ageing raver
Part-time shaver
Ageing raver

Eight in the morning
Daydreams are forming
But he's sleeping
Ageing raver
Part-time shaver
Ageing raver


He′s a younger version of a face upon a picture
Inside an antique locket
Staggering around outside of time
Inside the candy of a bottle in his pocket
He's no idea which way the sun has gone
Hyde Park Corner on Sunday
And Whitehall's a terribly good place to sit
And Newquay′s a good beach to lie on
And dry in the sun and sing ′Trouble in Mind'
Fifty times in-between every trip
Ageing raver
Part-time shaver
Ageing raver

Party at midnight
Waterloo station
Everyone is smiling
Ageing raver
Part-time shaver
Ageing raver


Her mummy′s in Bermuda - Daddy's trying hard to lose her
The King′s Road's absolutely full of holes
Picasso′s in the bathroom
Marble couches in the toilet
And a bidet in the Rolls
And Wimpole Street hormone
Like an ocean never drains
The see-saw city of London - The jigsaw puzzle of light
The flashing elastic confusion
Of all that's been done - and the reasons for doing
That all disappeared in the night
Ageing raver
Part-time shaver
Ageing raver
Dog-end saver
Ageing raver
Sunshine craver
Ageing raver
Sunshine craver