De Chirico Street Songtext

I was followed home by a weighing machine
On De Chirico Street
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It said, "What do you know?" I said, "What do you mean?"
On De Chirico Street
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And the numbers turned to fingers
And the fingers turned to flies
And they buzzed around your portrait

I was followed home by a 73
On De Chirico Street
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It was advertising you and me
On De Chirico Street
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In the photograph we kissed
The conductor's name was Milo
As the bus went past, he hissed,
"Fleshhead!"

A hyena sprang, she was on all fours
On De Chirico Street
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And her outline showed through a strip of gauze
On De Chirico Street
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If you meet me by the clock
I can kiss you through the window
'Cause you love that sudden shock

Don't moralize
Get on with it
You can go
Now you've discharged all your responsibilties
N-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-now now now
On De Chirico Street
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Ah ah

As the sundial fell, it was oh so black
On De Chirico Street
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And the lizard's tail slithered in the crack
On De Chirico Street
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And the pale yellow globes
Flickered softly through the window
As you paced the night with strobes

It's the darkest dream in the whole wide world
On De Chirico Street
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It's a bat, it's a bat, it's a bat, it's a girl
On De Chirico Street
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In my pocket, nightmares dress
I said, "Jasper, this one's evil!"
But I love my lioness My lioness!

Robyn Hitchcock De Chirico Street songtext