The Statues (2006 Remaster) - Jake Thackray

作曲：Jake Thackray

Closing time on Saturday it was dark

Me and Uncle Samuel were lying in the park

Toes towards the moonlight

Noses in the flower beds

But we know that what we saw we saw

She was naked She was cast in bronze

In bronze

Standing in the lake amidst the

Corporation swans

He was millstone grit He was

Sir Robert Walpole

And we know that what we heard

We heard

Lady is the water cold tonight

Or does the silky moonlight warm

Your heart to me

Or must I hanker for a hundred years again

And never-endingly gaze upon your flanks

Your face

Well me and my Uncle Sam oh Constable well

We were

Right on her side

Poor darling she was shy and

She had her pride and nowhere to hide

We were there we saw the aged sire

Shaking with a century of petrified desire

Climbing from his pedestal all stiff and sooty

And we know that what we saw we saw

He began to tremble and to sway-ay-ay

We were drunk as penguins but

We saw him clear as day

Clumping to the water's edge

Sir Robert Walpole

And we know that what we heard we heard

Lady is the water cold tonight

Is it the milky moonlight warms my heart to you

Well let the devil take the park attendant first

My heart may burst so I'm not waiting any longer lady

Me and my Uncle Sam Inspector well

Then we both got to our feet

Poor darling she was sweet and not very old

And awfully cold

We rolled up our sleeves we got to work

Went for him like buffaloes

Like windmills goneberserk

He fought like a tiger

We've got the scars to prove it

And we know that what we've got we've got

We hung on like death we did our best

He was big and gritty and he fought like

One possessed

He was much too good for us was

Robert Walpole

He put us down and out and he strode on

Lady was the water cold last night

Was it the creamy dreamy moonlight

Warmed your heart

Oh little nymph we both did what we could

But it's so strange: you're infinitely changed today

Well me and my Uncle Sam your Worship

Well we both feel something's not right

Today she wears a smile her face is alight

And her eyes are bright

Ever so bright

Awfully bright