Fatima Mansions - Broken Radio #1 Lyrics
At the platforms end, where the crowd grew thinAnd the light was dim on our shoesWhere we sat there so tense,Not to touch though we meant to (I think)There was no will, no spellTo breach the night and stop the talkShe tossed her hair and home did walkBroken radioBroken radioOn the day that I was bornThere was no big flash and no great stormBut the man read the news in dutch and warned,Im gonna play je taime on my hunting horn.In my cradle I was most impressed--So this is what you call successBlack seamus cried, my shamrock has diedAnd my fathers gone back to peru.The frost-damp town wore a fat-guts frownAnd the djs played brian borThe sundays sticky, home with rainSedition never entertainedBroken radioBroken radioMurder the past and all who sail in itIf the past is a wreck then all who sail in itMake me realize its time to move onBut all the ships and the planes have goneIm in a savage place with a timid songMumbled words...[maybes? ]