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Garden Of Earthly Delights

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Kid, stay and snip your cord off, talk and let your mind loose, can't all think like Chekov but you'll be O.K. Kid is this your first time here? Some can't stand the beauty, so they cut off one ear, but you'll be O.K.
Welcome to the garden of earthly delights. Welcome to a billion Arabian nights. This is your life and you do what you want to do, this is your life and you spend it all. This is your life and you do what you want to do, just don't hurt nobody, and the big reward's here, in the garden of earthly delights.
Kid, pick up with another, some will even drop you, but hearts are built like rubber, so you'll be alright. Kid, swallow but believe us, you won't die of boredom, should you have to leave us, it'll be alright.
Welcome to the garden of earthly delights. Welcome to a billion Arabian nights. This is your life and you be what you want to be, this is your life and you try it all. This is your life and you be what you want to be, just don't hurt nobody, 'less of course they ask you, in the garden of earthly delights.
Welcome to the garden of earthly delights. Welcome to a billion Arabian nights. This is your life and you do what you want to do, this is your life and you spend it all. This is your life and you do what you want to do, just don't hurt nobody.
Welcome to the garden of earthly delights. Welcome to a billion Arabian nights.
Welcome to the garden of earthly delights. Welcome to a billion Arabian nights. This is your life and you be what you want to be, this is your life and you try it all. This is your life and you be what you want to be, just don't hurt nobody, 'less of course they ask you, in the garden of earthly delights.

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blueandstarry On Dec 20, 2004

Dear God

Making Plans For Nigel

The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead

Senses Working Overtime

Pink Thing

Kid, stay and snip your cord off, talk and let your mind loose, can't all think like Chekov but you'll be O.K. Kid is this your first time here? Some can't stand the beauty, so they cut off one ear, but you'll be O.K.
  Welcome to the garden of earthly delights. Welcome to a billion Arabian nights. This is your life and you do what you want to do, this is your life and you spend it all. This is your life and you do what you want to do, just don't hurt nobody, and the big reward's here, in the garden of earthly delights.
  Kid, pick up with another, some will even drop you, but hearts are built like rubber, so you'll be alright. Kid, swallow but believe us, you won't die of boredom, should you have to leave us, it'll be alright.
  Welcome to the garden of earthly delights. Welcome to a billion Arabian nights. This is your life and you be what you want to be, this is your life and you try it all. This is your life and you be what you want to be, just don't hurt nobody, 'less of course they ask you, in the garden of earthly delights.
  Welcome to the garden of earthly delights. Welcome to a billion Arabian nights. This is your life and you do what you want to do, this is your life and you spend it all. This is your life and you do what you want to do, just don't hurt nobody.
  Welcome to the garden of earthly delights. Welcome to a billion Arabian nights.
  Welcome to the garden of earthly delights. Welcome to a billion Arabian nights. This is your life and you be what you want to be, this is your life and you try it all. This is your life and you be what you want to be, just don't hurt nobody, 'less of course they ask you, in the garden of earthly delights.

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2004-12-20 03:23:38

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by pumkinhed

20y ago

part of me thinks that this would go well with a sort of "Welcome To Vegas/Times Square/L.A." montage, but maybe it's just me.

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by modestmaus

19y ago

I think the meaning is pretty straight forward.

Anyway, this is probably my favorite opener of all openers on XTC albums.

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