《London 1888》歌词

[00:00:00] London 1888 - Momus

[00:00:06] Cellophane grandfather clock

[00:00:08] I hope your hands will never stop

[00:00:11] Rescue me from my ugly block

[00:00:13] In Tokyo 21st century

[00:00:18] To London 1888

[00:00:20] I am descended from a great

[00:00:23] Clan of the Meiji shogunate

[00:00:25] And I am travelling extensively

[00:00:30] It's London 1888

[00:00:32] I sit here drinking nettle wine

[00:00:35] My family is in decline

[00:00:37] And I confess the fault is mine

[00:00:40] The doorman's sure to sit and wait

[00:00:42] To see who I'll bring home tonight

[00:00:45] I'll pay him cash to keep him quiet

[00:00:47] I am a libertine

[00:00:49] Cellophane grandfather clock

[00:00:52] You've got my conscience on the trot

[00:00:54] You've got me walking round the block

[00:00:57] You've got me searching for experience

[00:01:02] Cellophane grandfather clock

[00:01:04] I am a Buddhist I am not

[00:01:06] Victorian I love your shops

[00:01:09] But your morality is meaningless

[00:01:14] It's London 1888

[00:01:16] And I have learned the game of chess

[00:01:19] I have a club it's on the Strand

[00:01:21] I'm a dishonourable man

[00:01:23] And Tokyo is far away

[00:01:26] The English wear a poker face

[00:01:28] The latest craze is called Croquet

[00:01:31] I am a stranger here

[00:01:36] I am the Marquis Matsugae

[00:01:39] And I came questioning through time

[00:01:42] But is the grave my sole reply

[00:01:48] And Sherlock Holmes is my good friend

[00:01:50] I have a trust fund I can spend

[00:01:53] And I am ready to defend

[00:01:55] My immorality to anyone

[00:02:00] And Whistler painted me in grey

[00:02:02] I had his mother round to stay

[00:02:05] And she sat knitting in her chair

[00:02:07] And staring through me disapprovingly

[00:02:12] And Aubrey Beardsley sketches me

[00:02:14] And Oscar Wilde comes round for tea

[00:02:17] But I still feel so Japanese

[00:02:19] When I'm alone on Piccadilly

[00:02:22] And in Green Park there is a band

[00:02:24] Medieval lillie in my hand

[00:02:27] I watch the sailors on the bus

[00:02:29] A little lustfully

[00:02:34] I am the Marquis Matsugae

[00:02:38] I came adventuring in time

[00:02:40] But is the grave my sole reply

[00:02:46] Cellophane grandfather clock

[00:02:49] I hear you ticking while I talk

[00:02:51] In my apartment on Pall Mall

[00:02:53] To stable boys of easy provenance

[00:02:58] Cellophane grandfather clock

[00:03:01] The incense on my mantelpiece

[00:03:03] Covers the reek of smelly socks

[00:03:06] As I prepare them to be compromised

[00:03:10] It's London 1888

[00:03:13] It's 6 o'clock and I am late

[00:03:15] For some disreputable date

[00:03:18] With sordid appetites I hate

[00:03:20] I hope these crimes will never stop

[00:03:22] And like the hands upon the clock

[00:03:25] My hands will touch and he'll respond

[00:03:27] And go beyond

[00:03:33] I am the Marquis Matsugae

[00:03:36] And I came questioning through time

[00:03:39] But is the grave my sole reply

[00:04:09] It's London 1888

[00:04:11] I am the Marquis Matsugae

[00:04:13] And I came questioning through time

[00:04:16] And is the grave my sole reply