Tekst
I used to play the trumpet once
But now I play guitar
(Somebody told you it's more mellow)
Well, I've played a lot of music since
But I really haven't grown that far
(Somebody said that you're just yellow)
So I keep it up on the shelf
(And it's funny how you keep it all to yourself)
Hey honey, could there ever be
(Should there ever be)
Could there ever be something else?
You know, I used to swing my silver sword
Till dragons hit the ground
(Whatever happened to the maidens?)
Well, I'd swing my silver sword again
And they would all fall down
(Would you leave them lying there where you had laid them?)
And I used to have a country once
Where it's gone I do not know
(Where do you think you might have lost it?)
I used to raise the flag at dawn
But that was very long ago
(Maybe you can find it where you tossed it)
Well, I, I tossed it up on the shelf
(And it's funny how you kept it all for yourself)
Hey honey, could there ever be
(Should there ever be)
Could there ever be something else?
I used to say my prayers, boys
I used to sing the hymns
Even the echo's disappearing
They've broken the stained windows
The cathedral's getting dim
Then what is this dirge that we are hearing?
Well, it comes from up on the shelf
(And it's funny how you sing it only for yourself)
Hey honey, could there ever be
(Should there ever be)
Could there ever be something else?
Well, I used to have a lover once
I used to have a friend
(How in the hell you ever find one?)
My song is almost over now
My story's at an end
(You lived yourself a good life, but a blind one)
Well, I've hidden there up on the shelf
(And it's funny how you kept it all for yourself)
Hey honey, could there ever be
(Should there ever be)
Could there ever be something else?
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