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[By Steve Harley / Cockney Rebel] Hark to Roualt's white insanity Clowns in drag concealing vanity This is hardly Paradise We're still in search of petty scorn Images so dead in mourning Clap and cheer the man performing This is hardly Paradise We're still in search of petty scorn Couch my disease in chintz-covered kisses Glazed calico cloth, my costume this is Come to Pablo Fanque's in indigo We'll show you pastel shades of rhyme It's ok to laugh in harmony See the white-faced August Tommy Come to Pablo Fanque's in indigo We'll show you pastel shades of rhyme Take a letter, Ophelia, write "Sorry Desdemona" bright Peeking through the nimbus covers We see the twisted tale of Man Songtexte Catch us in the cornfields hiding Me, Maryse and Moonbeams gliding Peeking through the nimbus covers We see the twisted tale of Man Careless, caress, curl up beside me Visit, sleep and smile, and drown me March together, slay like Nero We'll show you something you understand Oh! the clown, his stare is eyeless Shall he make you laugh or cry, yes March together, slay like Nero We'll show you something you understand [The following verses are from the Cockney Rebel original version. Steve and Marty have performed the entire song live on occasion.] It is time to hide my body Shall we start to speak of Holly I don't wanna be that superhero 'Til you have something we understand Heard they're moving Pisces into June Shall we put together a platoon I don't wanna be that superhero 'Til you have something we understand Aus Songtexte Mania