Lightning White

The toffee tar of our wrong road has melted

Crashed the car but no one ever felt it

In summer when it rains on a hot wet night

And everything looks spooky in the lightning white

You say, 'Hey, is everything ok?'

You're in your old Arabian nights

Long, long way to me

And has the money been sorted

Have all the men disappeared

And have the people cavorted

It's reported

We're near

Just as I fear

The greedy smile of a creature now ending

Another mile and everyone befriending

Those humid evenings, it's just like Pompeii

When the first shock hit it lit up like day

When the players all stopped and dropped down their acts

And the lava lover lie, stops in her tracks

You go 'Oh!' over a rainbow and the old Arabian nights

Right now, long ago

And has the stuff been imported

And have the audience cheered

And have the customers bought it

Its sort of cheer

Just as I fear

I gotta go in the other direction

I got a god, his name is perfection

I got a girl, she is my reflection

I got a world of total connection

In summer when the atmosphere caves in the roof

And all the stars in the black sky hold themselves aloof

You think my eyes are on the blink

But I'm in my old Arabian nights drowning in the sink

And has the money been sorted

And have the room disappeared

And have you people cavorted

It's reported

We're near...