Cue The Elephants - Bishop Allen

The morning belonged to the grapefruit

Ripe in the gold Rome sun

I throw out the rind

It’s just bitter to me

Done, done, done

The skyline is made of the umbrella pine

And I wish we could climb everyone

But all I could see in the shape of the streets

Done, done, done

Cue the elephants!

The torches they light in the woods

Can you and me save the city?

I thought that we promised we would

But you’ve got your hands in your pockets

And you can’t look me in the eye

And now for that eternal question:

Why?

Why?

Why?

And then he would look at those starlings

Together they swoop down as one

He’d read in that dizzy ellipsis

Done, done, done

We dangle our legs in the fountains

The pail is red and on

The aqueduct water is ancient

Done, done, done

Cue the elephants!

The torches they light in the woods

Can you and me save the city?

I thought that we promised we would

But you’ve got your hands in your pockets

And you can’t look me in the eye

And now for that eternal question:

Why?

Why?

Why?

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