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Come walk the streets of crime
And colour bright the corners
Of love with the earth
See the dazzling nightlife grow
Beyond the dawn and burning
In the heart of Soho
Hear the market cries
And see their wares displayed
Through the window of your soul
Come watch the naked dance
That spins before your very eyes
Naked like the sun
Step inside where men before
Have drunk to fill to senseless
Till the dreams fade and die
And free and easy
Does the blood red wine come flowing
From the glass to your veins
And the midday dream is silent
Thou gardens where you're resting
From the troubles of your mind
And though the sun is burning brightly
All within the gardens
Are the sleeping oris dead
And through the afternoon
The buzzing bees do harmonise
Through the rushing sale daylight
And colour bright the corners
Of love with the earth
Beyond the dawn and burning
In the heart of Soho
And see their wares displayed
Through the window of your soul
That spins before your very eyes
Naked like the sun
Have drunk to fill to senseless
Till the dreams fade and die
Does the blood red wine come flowing
From the glass to your veins
Thou gardens where you're resting
From the troubles of your mind
All within the gardens
Are the sleeping oris dead
The buzzing bees do harmonise
Through the rushing sale daylight
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Submitted by
shewouldnt On Jun 21, 2007
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"And coloured bright the corners of low repute." As in, "Soho is dodgy, folks."
"Through gardens where you're resting."
"All within the gardens / is either sleeping or is dead." I've no idea what the hapless oris may be, or why they could have come to grief, or why the singer should be concerned for them. :)
I can't make out the last line myself. I think it's something like "silted life" or "silty life". Maybe. ^^
@John Johnston Oh thank you, good sir, for making sense of the first stanza for me. All the sites claim it ends with "of love with the earth", but it just doesn't sound like Bert sings that. Low repute. Yes. Thank you!
@John Johnston Oh thank you, good sir, for making sense of the first stanza for me. All the sites claim it ends with "of love with the earth", but it just doesn't sound like Bert sings that. Low repute. Yes. Thank you!
I wonder if it's "is either sleeping or is dead", though. It's presumably not Oris, sure, but I could see it being "is dead" or "he's dead". Or, conceivably, "it's" - though it doesn't quite sound like he says this.
I wonder if it's "is either sleeping or is dead", though. It's presumably not Oris, sure, but I could see it being "is dead" or "he's dead". Or, conceivably, "it's" - though it doesn't quite sound like he says this.
And though the sun is burning brightly All within...
And though the sun is burning brightly All within the gardens /He's either sleeping or he's dead /It's either sleeping or it's dead
With the last line of the song, I think it's "through the rushing Saturday light".