The Birth-The Edgar Broughton Band

[00:05.90]She lay in the dust began to die [00:08.60]Wondering how long it would take her [00:11.53]The scorpion drooled winked his eye [00:14.33]Wondered if he could make her [00:17.17]The pain was right twice as nice [00:20.04]She realised she was in labour [00:22.92]Life was a fight with men and mice [00:25.77]Mind how you talk to your neighbours [00:28.06] [00:34.62]She cried in the heat shaking her meat [00:37.25]Sure she needed no friend [00:40.30]As much as this was beginning [00:42.90]It would sure make a beautiful end [00:45.98]The sand blew up in confusion [00:48.78]Salt running out of her pores [00:51.66]That being borne inside her [00:54.28]Was near to the end of its course [00:56.73] [01:31.72]Her tits thrust up to Heaven [01:34.60]Her back was arched like a bow [01:37.48]The heat in the mother lay quiet [01:40.17]It was a long way to come just to go [01:43.35]Her body lay limp in the desert [01:46.18]Soaked with the love she gave [01:48.84]Her shadow will lie there forever [01:51.78]Reminding us all of that day [01:53.95] [02:00.56]The scorpion wandered all over her body [02:03.40]Vultures stood still in the sky [02:06.29]If this was the end of beginning [02:08.86]Who was born and did anyone die [02:11.80]How those birds searched for her offspring [02:14.69]Craving to beat off her pride [02:17.72]So futile was all of their searching [02:20.29]Nothing that lived had such eyes [02:23.09]