《The Statues》歌词

[00:00:01] The Statues - Jake Thackray

[00:00:08] Closing time on Saturday it was dark.

[00:00:11] Me and Uncle Samuel were lying in the park,

[00:00:15] Toes towards the moonlight,

[00:00:16] Noses in the flower beds.

[00:00:18] But we know that what we saw, we saw.

[00:00:24] She was naked. She was cast in bronze,

[00:00:26] In bronze,

[00:00:27] Standing in the lake amidst the

[00:00:29] Corporation swans.

[00:00:31] He was millstone grit. He was

[00:00:33] Sir Robert Walpole.

[00:00:35] And we know that what we heard,

[00:00:36] We heard.

[00:00:40] "Lady is the water cold tonight,

[00:00:43] Or does the silky moonlight warm

[00:00:45] Your heart to me?

[00:00:47] Or must I hanker for a hundred years again

[00:00:50] And never-endingly gaze upon your flanks,

[00:00:53] Your face?"

[00:00:54] Well, me and my Uncle Sam, oh Constable, well,

[00:00:59] We were

[00:01:00] Right on her side.

[00:01:02] Poor darling, she was shy and

[00:01:05] She had her pride, and

[00:01:08] Nowhere to hide.

[00:01:14] We were there: we saw the aged sire

[00:01:17] Shaking with a century of petrified desire,

[00:01:21] Climbing from his pedestal all stiff and sooty.

[00:01:24] And we know that what we saw, we saw.

[00:01:30] He began to tremble and to sway-ay-ay.

[00:01:33] We were drunk as penguins but

[00:01:35] We saw him clear as day

[00:01:37] Clumping to the water's edge,

[00:01:38] Sir Robert Walpole,

[00:01:41] And we know that what we heard, we heard.

[00:01:46] "Lady is the water cold tonight?

[00:01:49] Is it the milky moonlight warms my heart to you?

[00:01:53] Well let the devil take the park attendant first!

[00:01:56] My heart may burst, so I'm not waiting any longer

[00:01:59] Lady!"

[00:02:00] Me and my Uncle Sam, Inspector, well,

[00:02:05] Then we both got

[00:02:07] To our feet.

[00:02:09] Poor darling she was sweet and not very old,

[00:02:14] And awfully cold.

[00:02:22] We rolled up our sleeves, we got to work,

[00:02:25] Went for him like buffaloes,

[00:02:27] Like windmills goneberserk.

[00:02:28] He fought like a tiger - we've got the scars

[00:02:31] To prove it

[00:02:32] And we know that what we've got we've got.

[00:02:38] We hung on like death, we did our best.

[00:02:41] He was big and gritty and he fought like

[00:02:43] One possessed

[00:02:45] He was much too good for us was

[00:02:46] Robert Walpole,

[00:02:49] He put us down and out and he strode on.

[00:02:54] Lady was the water cold last night?

[00:02:57] Was it the creamy, dreamy moonlight

[00:03:00] Warmed your heart?

[00:03:00] Oh little nymph, we both did what we could,

[00:03:04] But it's so strange: you're infinitely

[00:03:07] Changed today.

[00:03:08] Well, me and my Uncle Sam, your Worship,

[00:03:13] Well, we both feel something's not right:

[00:03:17] Today she wears a smile, her face is alight,

[00:03:21] And her eyes are bright,

[00:03:27] Ever so bright,

[00:03:33] Awfully bright.