Robyn Hitchcock - Acid Bird lyrics

Could you take it right between your eyes

Bending blood, bending blood

The father stood, the father's hood

Like shadow on an acid bird that etched her way across a field

So long ago, so long

Walking through the fields in summer heat

Look at all the creatures 'round your feet

Pumping blood, pumping blood

The mother's gaze, the mother gave

White ointment of an acid kiss that burned upon the lips she

gave you

So long ago, so long ago

Fun in the sun, luck in the bloodstream

Shallow bodies writhing on the grass

Fun in the sun, hair in the slipstream

Tadpoles shooting through a hollow glass

Cutting out a silhouette in dreams

Everything is older than it seems

Son of blood, son of blood

The baby shakes, the baby snakes

That crawl across the acid rings that flicker from your

corpuscles

One sunny day, one sunny day

Fun in the sun everyone knows it

They could be as mellow as the hay

Fun in the sun everyone blows it

They grow up and instantly turn grey

Like shadow of an acid bird that etched its way across a field

So long ago, so long ago