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peter hammill – jeunesse d’orée lyrics

the youth are voting with their feet
such a shame that the dance+beat gets so complicated
pretty, pretty it seems…
on second glance, the look is overrated
in the hot+house there’s a magic potion
timeless motion…
now and again now lasts forever
jeunesse d’orée gilding the lily of pleasure

the youth are voting with their clothes
such a shame that the hip pose is so calculated
round and round it goes:
how careless the rapture that’s overstated
in the picture lost devotion
waveless ocean
time and again style goes out of fashion;
jeunesse d’orée taking the heat out of passion

look at the kid with the golden touch
check out the stony expression;
look at the man with the golden arm
and the sensational lesson
follow+my+leader’s a game we can play
till we swallow the tail without thinking:
catch the hook, toe the line
never mind that we’re sinking!
the youth are voting themselves in…
but the wheel takes a fresh spin and they find tomorrow
gaudy garments worn thin
all at best rent and the worst are borrowed
closing orders, fading nation
dissipation…
time and again, time’s unforgiving;
jeunesse d’orée gilding the lily of living
now and again now lasts forever;
jeunesse d’orée gilding the lily of pleasure

…cut

- peter hammill lyrics

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