Blue Powder Monkey

from Art & Illusion by Twelfth Night

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Recorded at Granny's Basement Studios, London - May 1984.

lyrics

Frightened child, give me your hand,
Together our dreams will be realised
Hope that flickers, within tired eyes
A thousand angry hearts will raise the battle cry, to die!
A thousand angry hearts will raise the battle cry.

Fire burning, young hearts will bury the flag
Faces glowing in the light
Of words that have no strength to bite
Their country sleeps soundly unaware
Careful not to tilt the game
Both sides must remain the same

Dreams of solutions
Too many years of frustrations
Time after time after time

Fat preachers bury their bones in secretive holes
Invisible to naked eyes enclosed in metal uniforms
Ulterior motives, lies and excuses
Time after time after ………

Time to light the fuse
Hey you with that innocent face,
Stand proud of the crowd,
Sugar sweet surprise
Time to shatter your illusions and open your eyes

Malignant deceivers puncture our veins
If we fall down the chances are
We'll never raise our voice again

Sing to the future
Here ever after
Time after time after time

Time to light the fuse
Hey you with that innocent face,
Stand proud of the crowd
Sugar sweet surprise
Time to shatter your illusions and open your eyes

Blue powder monkey,
Time to light the fuse
Blue powder monkey,
Time to light the fuse
And raise the battle cry.

Time after time after
Time to light the fuse
Hey you with that innocent face,
Stand proud of the crowd
Sugar sweet surprise
Time to shatter your illusions and open your eyes

Blue powder monkey,
Time to light the fuse
Blue powder monkey,
Time to light the fuse.

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from Art & Illusion, released October 12, 1984

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Twelfth Night UK

Twelfth Night are an English progressive rock band of the 1980s, reformed between 2007 and 2012 and again in 2014.

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