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Empress's Clothes
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Peter Hammill
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She's here now, perfume coiled like a thuggie scarf -
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Such a powerful drug to make you so naked and clean.
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And you want to tell her
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There's so much to disclose
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This idea you've got to sell her
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A new set of empress's clothes.
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Who was that woman in the masquerade,
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Do those eyes still give you fever?
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Who was that woman in the mystery-play,
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Do you still want to please her?
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Where is the woman who can offer escape,
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Do you look for your freedom?
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You see her ref.
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You want her to wear that finery,
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The style that's never seen,
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You're trying to break the deadlock
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Of this strangle holding scene...
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Oh, look,
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A new set of empress's clothes!
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The here and now stands in your way;
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You carry the bell, book and candle...
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She won't make you go
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But she won't let you stay ref.
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You want her to wear that finery,
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The style that's never seen;
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You're trying to break the deadlock
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Of this strangleholding scene;
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She makes you want to confess it all -
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You don't know what it means,
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But she makes you see,
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Empress's clothes.
Shingle Song (2006 Digital Remaster)
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