Song for Insane Times Lyrics
by Kevin Ayers
(This bit's slightly odd; it's either in 5/4 or it's two and a half bars long but it's hard to say which;
with the slight swing and the syncopated drum fill over the top it's essentially free-form. Your best bet
is to listen to it and make up your own mind!)
M7
People say they want to be free
M7 M7
They look at him and they look at me
But it's only themselves they're wanting to see
M7 M7
And everybody knows about it.
M7
We talked all night and were all turned on
M7 M7
We believe we heard him singing his song
Telling us all there was work to be done
M7 M7
And we all sung the chorus of "I Am The Walrus"
M7
Yes, Disneyland has come to town
M7 M7
Everyone's dressed and standing around
Alice is wearing her sexiest gown
M7 M7
But she doesn't want you to look at her
M7
Beautiful people are queuing to drown
M7 M7
They wait for the lifeguard to put on his crown
But he's up at the other end of town
M7 M7
Trying to talk to the mirror
KEYBOARD SOLO:
EbM7 DbM7 (repeat)
FM7 CM7 (these chords have the weird run over them from the intro)
BANANA!
M7
The scientist talks and he knows what he means
M7 M7
He sits on the floor and has beautiful dreams
But he gets brought down by a woman who screams
M7 M7
But he knows it's only a record, oh yes it is!
M7
His brave new girl stops feeding the ants
M7 M7
And looks at him with her septic pants
She still knows how to make him dance
M7 M7
And forget about emancipation, it's all imagination
M7
And you and I we sit and hum
M7 M7
We know something's got to come
To get us off our endless bum
M7 M7
There's probably one in the bathroom or in the hall
(Repeat keyboard solo/intro and descend into a freeform jazz exploration to fade.)
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