Jason And The Argonauts lyrics

Song information

Artist: Xtc
Album: English Settlement

Lyrics

(Andy partridge)

There may be no golden fleece
But human riches I'll release

Oh, my head is spinning like the world and it's filled with beasts I've seen
Let me put my bag down and I'll tell you it all right from the start
Like the scarlet woman who would pick on the boys she thought were green
And the two faced man who made a hobby of breaking his wife's heart

Seems the more I travel
From the foam to gravel
As the nets unravel
All exotic fish I find like jason and the argonauts

There may be no golden fleece
But human riches I'll release

I was in a land where men force women to hide their facial features
And here in the west it's just the same but they're using make-up veils
I've seen acts of every shade of terrible crime from man-like creatures
And I've had the breath of liars blowing me off course in my sails

Seems the more I travel
From the foam to gravel
As the nets unravel
All exotic fish I find like jason and the argonauts

There may be no golden fleece
But human riches I'll release

I have watched the manimals go by
Buying shoes, buying sweets, buying knives
I have watched the manimals and cried
Buying time, buying ends to other peoples lives

Jason and the argonauts

There may be no golden fleece
But human riches I'll release

Jason and the argonauts

There may be no golden fleece
But human riches I'll release

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

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