Deja-Vu Ain't What It Used To Be lyrics
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Artist: Skyclad Album: Folkemon
Lyrics
Have you heard the one 'bout when a most unlucky fella Went visiting a fair-ground for to see a fortune-teller?
She said; "Of all the palms I've read - yours is by far the worst I'm duty-bound to tell you You've been well-and-truly cursed."
Ill-fated was my selfless quest Blind-faith a grave mistake I'd strived to do my very best To serve a dream quite fake
Just one more hapless sacrifice Spilt tears in full-flood Ingenuous I've paid their price Not all vampires suck blood!
[Chorus:] Gazed into a crystal-ball and watched its surface crack When I cut the tarot deck; death lay there grinning back I've been here many times before; again the joke's on me I know the score, but deja-vu ain't what it used to be
*O well for him that lives at ease With garnered gold in wide domain Nor heeds the splashing of the rain The crashing down of forest trees
*O well for him who ne'er hath known The travail of the hungry years A father grey with grief and tears A mother weeping all alone
To tread an unshared path alone Was my lot from the start So seldom fleeting solace known By this rent, careworn heart
Watch the stand-up tragedy; Famous for fifteen minutes I glimpsed my future and decree Saw dearth of purpose in it
[Chorus:] Gazed into a crystal-ball and watched its surface crack When I cut the tarot deck; death lay there grinning back I've been here many times before; again the joke's on me I know the score, but deja-vu ain't what it used to be
*But well for him whose foot hath trod The weary road of toil and strife Yet from the sorrows of his life Builds ladders to be nearer god
[* - taken from the verse "cry woe, woe and let the good prevail." by oscar wilde]
[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]
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