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Illusions in G Major Lyrics
On the seven seas there was a phantom ship acoming
Shinin' in the dead of night
I heard the crew a hummin'
Tunes that sounded like the Rolling Stones and Leonard Cohen
But the didn't know the words
So I assumed that they was foreign
Chorus:
But I heard them just the same
Doctor let me teach 'em
I just wanna please 'em
Doctor let me teach 'em
I looked up in the sky there was a phantom plain a comin'
Shinin' in the dead of night
I heard the pilot saying
Poems that were written by John Keats and Robert Browning
But he didn't know the words so I suppose that it was nothing
Chorus: repeat
Doctor please believe me
I know you won't deceive me
But do these things I'm seein'
Have any hidden meaning
It's all good entertainment and,
It doesn't cost a penny
So please doc, let me teach 'em
If I can only reach 'em
Chorus: repeat
Shinin' in the dead of night
I heard the crew a hummin'
Tunes that sounded like the Rolling Stones and Leonard Cohen
But the didn't know the words
So I assumed that they was foreign
But I heard them just the same
Doctor let me teach 'em
I just wanna please 'em
Doctor let me teach 'em
Shinin' in the dead of night
I heard the pilot saying
Poems that were written by John Keats and Robert Browning
But he didn't know the words so I suppose that it was nothing
I know you won't deceive me
But do these things I'm seein'
Have any hidden meaning
It's all good entertainment and,
It doesn't cost a penny
So please doc, let me teach 'em
If I can only reach 'em
Song Info
Submitted by
kenobi65 On Jun 17, 2002
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In keeping with the album's theme of dreams, this seems to me to be a man (probably a songwriter struggling with lyrics) describing to his psychiatrist his nonsensical dreams of ghosts who don't know the words to songs and poems. If only he could teach them ...
The lyrics seem pretty random to me.