Only The Stones Remain-Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians

[ti:Only The Stones Remain] [ar:Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians] [al:Gotta Let This Hen Out] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Only The Stones Remain - Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians [00:15.54]Men were executed [00:16.55] [00:17.15]Women bled [00:18.83]Beads and fish changed hands and [00:20.79]Children stayed up late [00:22.69] [00:23.60]Uh huh [00:24.38] [00:26.39]Colored drums they stretched the night [00:28.52]There's a taxidermist looking for a fight [00:31.99]But now he's gone [00:33.47] [00:34.79]Ah yeah [00:36.03] [00:36.80]Only the stones remain [00:38.72] [00:42.34]Girls were decked with flowers and violated while [00:45.83]Boys spat juice from out of their fresh young bulbs [00:52.33] [00:53.28]Soldiers crossed their hearts and died and [00:56.76]Pretty girls turned cold inside [00:59.17]But now they're gone [01:00.63] [01:02.04]Ah yeah only the stones remain [01:06.08] [01:08.68]And the stones have forgotten them [01:12.72] [01:16.57]The stones have forgotten them [01:20.80] [01:24.64]They break your body and drain the life out of [01:27.32]It [01:28.17]It sinks into the soil while the soul flies up [01:32.26]Into the air above [01:34.28] [01:35.51]And when there's no more tears to cry there's [01:38.85]Nothing left to do but laugh [01:41.94]Stained glass elaborations collapse and candyfloss evaporates honey [01:45.80]Only the stones remain [01:48.12] [01:50.78]Here they go yeah [01:52.06] [01:53.40]Only the stones remain [01:55.21] [02:24.83]Now they're gone yeah [02:26.34] [02:27.37]Only the stones remain