Intro: bass {6X; piano enters 2nd time, drums 3rd, organ and guitar 5th; continue bass line into verse} () v v v v v v v v ----10-8---9-10--|----------------- -----------------|----10-8---6---6- -8---------------|-8--------------- -----------------|----------------- Verse 1: Outside the gates of Cerdes Sits the two-pronged unicorn Plays at relaxation time The rhinestone flugelhorn While mermaids lace carnations Into wreaths for ailing whales Neptune dances hornpipes While Salome sheds her veils Verse 2: Phallus Phil tries peddling His pewter painted pot But Sousa Sam could only hear Screams of Pete the Sot Buddha sips his Creme deMenthe From terra cotta cups And exhales menthol-scented breath While spewing verbiage up Instrumental break: (guitar solo over verse chords) Verse 3: Down technical blind alleys Live the race of former dreams These who walk across them Are no longer what they seem Even Christian Scientists Can but display marble plaques Which only retell legends While my eyes reach out for facts Yeah, my eyes reach out for facts Coda {repeat w/guitar solo to fade}: / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
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