27 Questions Black Midi

[00:24.84] When lost in wild rain there is nothing you can do
[00:28.30] When lost in city rain there is something you can do
[00:32.15] Take refuge wherever is marked "Admission Free"
[00:35.72] As we did one night back in late '43
[00:40.27] I'd never seen the man on the poster before
[00:43.11] But my friend said he was a big star before the war
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[00:55.03] The boy by the door, louder than a bomb
[00:58.92] All the way down the street, you heard his song
[01:02.73] "Roll up, roll up, tonight is the night
[01:07.21] Freddie Frost gives his last will live on stage
[01:11.04] Roll up, roll up for the show of a lifetime
[01:14.88] The doors open at quarter to eight"
[01:19.00] Sat in upholstery that once was brilliant
[01:22.28] We picked its loose stuffing and looked around
[01:25.88] There where duchesses and dukes, and beggars and pimps
[01:29.65] All sat side-by-side to watch his last grasp at life
[01:34.04] The grand centrepiece was a gold green sarcophagus
[01:37.49] Flanked either side by oil-painted pictures of the man
[01:41.24] First of all, a film to explain his lifelong dream
[01:44.81] Afterward the music started, and a young girl ran on with operatic screams
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[02:12.20] Two hours went by and his sixty five daughters
[02:15.96] Who told through opera of his life's importance
[02:19.22] They sang of his exploits all over the Earth
[02:22.82] His likes and dislikes, his undoubtable worth
[02:26.45] And after a last crescendo where they all cried as one
[02:30.68] They hurried quickly off, but the music played on
[02:34.04] From within his sarcophagus rose a spot-lit withered hand
[02:37.99] Mister Frost emerged, and to the racing beat he danced
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[02:46.44] With the vital energy of a newborn chimp
[02:50.44] He spun and he spun and he spun and he spun and spun
[02:58.19] Hopelessly wrinkled, and by no means thin
[03:01.69] He soon became dizzy, regained his composure
[03:05.65] And started to sing
[03:15.54] "Thank you for listening, I won't be too long
[03:21.61] Just twenty seven questions to finish this song
[03:29.63] Does there exist a marriage that can't survive castration?
[03:33.86] A future where a man can go a year without hydration?
[03:38.05] Is grass ever greener?
[03:39.75] Is the will really free?
[03:41.80] Is it only black you see when you join the deceased?
[03:46.16] Will I forever be a mediocrity?
[03:50.10] A hideous glut with trembling knees?
[03:54.49] In death will I see the girls of daydreams?
[03:58.36] Intangibly dressed, invisibly seamed?
[04:02.58] Will the sun burn out?
[04:03.47] Will my corpse grow a beard?
[04:04.52] Will my house be kept and my sperm be reared?
[04:06.42] My last shot at the big time, posthumous paste
[04:08.57] Will I find a home, or go to waste?
[04:10.66] In heaven do the morals of Earth still stand?
[04:14.54] Or can I bridge the gap twixt beast and man?
[04:18.97] Is there such a thing as a universal truth?
[04:22.81] Any lost secret to eternal youth?
[04:27.16] Do nuns fornicate and do scientists pray?
[04:30.98] Is a sin committed every moment of every day?
[04:39.16] That's not quite twenty seven
[04:41.25] But my chest feels awful tight
[04:43.43] So thank you for listening
[04:45.54] Good night, good night, good night!"
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[05:04.70] Freddie Frost blew up to the size of a hot air balloon
[05:09.08] Red as all hellfire and loud as Satan's siren
[05:12.94] And he wheezed and moaned in pain as he rose
[05:16.59] But then we all just laughed at the sad, old oaf
[05:25.54] Laughed all the way home
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