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art of time ensemble - dress rehearsal rag lyrics

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four o’clock in the afternoon
and i didn’t feel like very much
i said to myself, “where are you golden boy
where’s your famous golden touch?”

i thought you knew where all of the elephants lie down
i thought you were the crown prince of all the wheels in ivory town

just take a look at your body now
there’s nothing much to save
and a bitter voice in the mirror cries
“hey, prince, you need a shave”
now if you can manage to get your trembling fingers to behave
why don’t you try unwrapping a stainless steel razor bladе

that’s right, it’s come to this
yes it’s come to this
and wasn’t it a long way down
wasn’t it a strangе way down

there’s no hot water
and the cold is running thin
well, what do you expect
with the kind of places you’ve been living in
don’t drink from that cup it’s all caked and cracked along the rim

that’s not the electric light, my friend
that is your vision growing dim
cover up your face with soap, there, now you’re santa claus
and you’ve got a gift for anyone who will give you his applause

i thought you were a racing man
ah, but you couldn’t take the pace
that’s a funeral in the mirror
and it’s stopping at your face

that’s right, it’s come to this
yes it’s come to this
and wasn’t it a long way down
ah wasn’t it a strange way down
once there was a path
and a girl with chestnut hair
and you passed the summers
picking all of the berries that grew there

there were times she was a woman
there were times she was just a child
and you held her in the shadows
where the raspberries grow wild

and you climbed the twilight mountains
and you sang about the view
and everywhere that you wandered
love seemed to go along with you

that’s a hard one to remember
it makes you clench your fist
and then the veins stand out like highways
all along your wrist

that’s right it’s come to this
it’s come to this
and wasn’t it a long way down
wasn’t it a strange way down

you can still find a job
go out and talk to a friend
on the back of every magazine
there are those coupons you can send
why don’t you join the rosicrucians
they will give you back your hope
you can find your love with diagrams
on a plain brown envelope

but you’ve used up all your coupons
except the one that seems
to be written on your wrist
along with several thousand dreams

now santa claus comes forward
that’s a razor in his mitt
and he puts on his dark glasses
and he shows you where to hit

and then the cameras pan
the stand in stunt man
dress rehearsal rag
it’s just a dress rehearsal rag
just a dress rehearsal rag

- art of time ensemble lyrics

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