Intro: (Stop) Red sun, go down way over dirty town Starlings are sweeping around crazy shoals Yes, and a girl is there, high heeling across the square The wind it blows around in her hair, and the flags upon the poles Waiting in the crowd to cross at the light She looks around to find a face she can like. Church bell, clinging on, trying to get a crowd, Evensong Nobody cares to depend upon, the chime it plays They're all in the station, praying for trains, the congregation's, late again It's getting darker, all the time, these flagpole days Drunk old soldier he gives her a fright He's crazy lion howling for a fight. Strap hanging, gunshot sound, door slamming on the, overground The starlings are tough, but the lions are made of stone Her evening paper is horror torn, but there's hope later for, capricorns Her lucky stars give her just enough, ... to get her home Then she's reading about a swing to the right But she's thinking about a stranger in the night I'm thinking about the lions, I'm thinking about the lions fade out What happened to the lions, tonight (tonight) (tonight)
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