Space Hymns - LyricsThe lyrics for Glass Top Coffin are here LIFE CHILD (6:39) The sun is fading from your city Life Child
From where I stand it ain't so pretty Life Child
I see your sun is going down
I see your wreckage on the ground oooh Life Child Your seas are full of poisoned water Life Child
We took the place that was your daughter Life Child
And as our dirt is spread around
We build our houses on the ground oooh Life Child Came down to Earth to comfort me mmmm... Life Child
So that my spirit could be free mmmm... Life Child
We left you hanging on a hill
Why won't we ever do your will The sun is fading from your city Life Child
From where I stand it ain't so pretty Life Child
I see your sun is going down
I see your wreckage on the ground oooh Life Child OH MISTER (3:01) Oh mister hello hello hello hello
Oh mister hello hello hello hello
Oh mister hello hello hello hello
Hello hello hello I've just been born in this place
Can't quite recognize a face
I've just been born in this place
Hello hello hello Oh mister hello hello hello hello
Oh mister hello hello hello hello
Oh mister hello hello hello hello
Hello hello hello I've just come from somewhere
Can't quite remember where
I've just come for some air
Hello hello hello Oh mister hello hello hello hello
Oh mister hello hello hello hello
Oh mister hello hello hello hello
Hello hello hello Oh mister hello hello hello hello
Oh mister hello hello hello hello
Oh mister hello hello hello hello
Hello hello hello
Hello hello hello AND THE WHOLE WORLD (3:48) And I sat right down on the hard, hard ground
And I knew this was the finding of myself
And my life stood still and I looked around
And I saw for the first time who I am And the whole world started singing
As the last, last song went down
And the whole world started laughing
As the sun sprang from the ground And the whole world started crying
As the rain came falling down
And we all just stood there watching
As the world went round and round There's a time that's made for living
There's a time that's made for pain
And you feel the world turn over
And it brings you back again As a tiny child-like figure
You are staring face to face
With the one who is the giver
And you turn to take your place And the whole world started singing
As the last, last song went down
And the whole world started laughing
As the sun sprang from the ground And the whole world started crying
As the rain came falling down
And we all just stood there watching
As the world went round and round QUASAR ONE (6:45) Quasar One don't you know
That I'd touch the sun
just for you, just for you Quasar One don't you know
That I'd touch the sun
just for you, just for you Quasar One don't you know
That I want to see you every night
Quasar One don't you know
That it's only you makes my world seem right, darkness bright Quasar One don't you know
That the rivers run
just for you, just for you Quasar One don't you know
That the rivers run
just for you, just for you Quasar One don't you know
It's your light I see in every star
Quasar One don't you know
That it's you who makes my troubles far...oh so far Quasar One don't you know
That the world's begun
just for you, just for you Quasar One don't you know
That the world's begun
just for you, just for you Quasar One don't you know
That it's you I journeyed far to see
Quasar One don't you know
That you cast a spell right over me, wait for me YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE (2:20) You're the only one Joe, the only one (repeat 35 times!) EARTH-PEOPLE (5:28) After I've traveled the deserts of Zeus
After I've heard the birth of a planet
After I've journeyed the oceans of silence
After I've found how true they are How can I speak to the Earth-people?
How can I speak to the Earth-people?
What shall I say to the Earth-people? MOLECULAR DELUSIONS (4:02) Molecular delusion, molecular delusion, molecular delusion I am a voice crying in the wilderness Molecular delusion, molecular delusion I am a human caught in a world of conflict Molecular delusion, molecular [fuck] delusion I am part of everything that lives Molecular delusion, molecular delusion In the computer of my soul lies the secret of my living Molecular delusion, molecular delusion When I fall asleep I dream of things that stir inside me Molecular delusion, molecular delusion Where did I come from and where am I going to? Molecular delusion, molecular delusion Molecular confusion, molecular confusion Molecular confusion, molecular confusion I am a voice crying in the wilderness Molecular confusion, molecular confusion BALLOON (4:31) Balloon - just off the surface of the moon
Balloon - just off the surface of the moon
Balloon - just off the surface of the moon
Balloon - don't stop your hurrying too soon All your worrying all your hurrying
All you people there on your ... Balloon - just off the surface of the moon
Just off the surface of the moon
Just off the surface of the moon Don't burst your bubble
Don't burst your bubble
Don't burst your bubble
The airs your bubble Don't burst your bubble
Don't burst your bubble
Don't burst your bubble
Or you're in trouble On your ... Balloon - just off the surface of the moon
Just off the surface of the moon
Just off the surface of the moon Balloon - just off the surface of the moon
Just off the surface of the moon
Just off the surface of the moon Don't burst your bubble
Don't burst your bubble
Don't burst your bubble
The airs your bubble Don't burst your bubble
Don't burst your bubble
Don't burst your bubble
Or you're in trouble DYING SWAN YEAR 2000 (0:46) Some people think that in the dying of a swan
That this makes life and the world to go on
When something beautiful dies
A cry is raised to the skies When something beautiful dies
People turn sideways their eyes Was she something beautiful? JESUS COME BACK (4:01) No tears for the future
No tears for the future
Have you got tears for the future, my friend
No fears for the future
No fears for the future
Have you got fears for the future, my friend Jesus, Jesus come back
Jesus, Jesus come back
Jesus, Jesus come back
Jesus, Jesus come back Come back Jesus and we'll have no fears
Jesus, Jesus come back
Come back Jesus and we'll have no tears
Jesus, Jesus come back
Jesus, Jesus come back
Jesus, Jesus come back
Jesus, Jesus come back No tears for the future
No tears for the future
Have you got tears for the future, my friend
No fears for the future
No fears for the future
Have you got fears for the future, my friend Jesus, Jesus come back... JOURNEY TO THE INSIDE (6:06) Ten thousand miles an hour plus
We streak across the sky like dust
And none of us know where or why
We're like a jewel in the sky
Oh what are you going to do with me... You say to us we must not fight
We must be good we must be quiet
And all of us are six foot high
And none of us know how to die
Oh what are you going to do with me... SPOKEN:
Fragments of conversation from some sort of social gathering, including:
"....but I think it goes further than that... I go into a molecular thing as well.... the comparative distances between electrons and nuclei in molecules in every material... is very comparative to the distances in our own solar system... if you took a pill to get smaller and you... vanished... ... you get smaller and smaller and vanish inside that chair that you're sitting....."
(Thanks to Jim Tones, October 2004) MUDDY WATER (3:47)
B-side of 'Balloon' single in 1971, bonus track on 2004 re-issue of 'Space Hymns' Muddy water comes a-swirling over me
Muddy water comes a-swirling over me
Muddy water comes a-swirling over me
Muddy water won't you go away
Muddy water won't you go away
Muddy water won't you go away
From me
Muddy water just as deep as it can be
Muddy water just as deep as it can be
Muddy water just as deep as it can be
Muddy water won't you go away
Muddy water won't you go away
Muddy water won't you go away
From me
Muddy water muddy water muddy water muddy water
Muddy water took my life away from me
Muddy water took my life away from me
Muddy water took my life away from me
Muddy water won't you go away
Muddy water won't you go away
Muddy water won't you go away
From me
Muddy water muddy water muddy water muddy water (repeat to end...) CRAZY ONE (3:12)
single released in 1968, early version of 'Quasar One' Crazy One don't you know
That I'd touch the sun
just for you, just for you Crazy One don't you know
That I'd touch the sun
just for you, just for you Crazy One don't you know
That I want to hold you every night
Crazy One don't you know
That it's only you makes my world seem right, darkness bright Crazy One don't you know
That the rivers run
just for you, just for you Crazy One don't you know
That the rivers run
just for you, just for you Crazy One don't you know
That it's your face I see in every star
Crazy One don't you know
That it's you who makes my troubles far...oh so far Crazy One don't you know
That the world's begun
just for you, just for you Crazy One don't you know
That the world's begun
just for you, just for you Crazy One don't you know
That it's you I journeyed far to see
Crazy One don't you know
That you've cast a spell right over me, wait for me
Transcribed (hand-written) from original album by Brian Currin in 1975, typed by Wendy Slade in November 1997.
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