The Statues (2006 Digital Remaster)-Jake Thackray

[ti:The Statues] [ar:Jake Thackray] [al:Jake In A Box Vol 1 & 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Statues (2006 Digital Remaster) - Jake Thackray [00:08.03]Closing time on Saturday it was dark [00:09.86] [00:11.56]Me and Uncle Samuel were lying in the park [00:14.53] [00:15.18]Toes towards the moonlight [00:16.39]Noses in the flower beds [00:18.68]But we know that what we saw we saw [00:20.93] [00:24.15]She was naked She was cast in bronze [00:26.45]In bronze [00:27.47]Standing in the lake amidst the [00:29.66]Corporation swans [00:30.86] [00:31.50]He was millstone grit He was [00:33.07]Sir Robert Walpole [00:34.82]And we know that what we heard [00:36.57]We heard [00:36.74] [00:40.41]"Lady is the water cold tonight [00:42.44] [00:43.42]Or does the silky moonlight warm [00:45.46]Your heart to me [00:46.84]Or must I hanker for a hundred years again [00:49.63] [00:50.30]And never-endingly gaze upon your flanks [00:53.39]Your face " [00:54.40]Well me and my Uncle Sam oh Constable well [00:59.60]We were [01:00.59]Right on her side [01:02.10] [01:02.97]Poor darling she was shy and [01:05.30]She had her pride and nowhere to hide [01:09.98] [01:14.12]We were there we saw the aged sire [01:16.30] [01:17.66]Shaking with a century of petrified desire [01:20.58] [01:21.40]Climbing from his pedestal all stiff and sooty [01:24.79]And we know that what we saw we saw [01:26.98] [01:30.27]He began to tremble and to sway-ay-ay [01:33.30] [01:33.81]We were drunk as penguins but [01:35.33]We saw him clear as day [01:36.87] [01:37.44]Clumping to the water's edge [01:38.97]Sir Robert Walpole [01:40.90]And we know that what we heard we heard [01:43.17] [01:46.44]"Lady is the water cold tonight [01:48.48] [01:49.35]Is it the milky moonlight warms my heart to you [01:52.82]Well let the devil take the park attendant first [01:55.58] [01:56.26]My heart may burst so I'm not waiting any longer lady " [02:00.66]Me and my Uncle Sam Inspector well [02:05.32]Then we both got to our feet [02:08.19] [02:09.24]Poor darling she was sweet and not very old [02:13.21] [02:14.16]And awfully cold [02:16.47] [02:22.03]We rolled up our sleeves we got to work [02:24.31] [02:25.70]Went for him like buffaloes [02:27.12]Like windmills goneberserk [02:28.33] [02:29.10]He fought like a tiger [02:30.36]We've got the scars to prove it [02:32.57]And we know that what we've got we've got [02:34.71] [02:38.10]We hung on like death we did our best [02:40.24] [02:41.71]He was big and gritty and he fought like [02:43.96]One possessed [02:45.28]He was much too good for us was [02:46.83]Robert Walpole [02:48.67]He put us down and out and he strode on [02:51.04] [02:54.42]Lady was the water cold last night [02:56.43] [02:57.24]Was it the creamy dreamy moonlight [02:59.62]Warmed your heart [03:00.85]Oh little nymph we both did what we could [03:04.18]But it's so strange: you're infinitely changed today [03:08.33]Well me and my Uncle Sam your Worship [03:13.03]Well we both feel something's not right [03:16.16] [03:17.44]Today she wears a smile her face is alight [03:21.16] [03:22.09]And her eyes are bright [03:23.54] [03:27.68]Ever so bright [03:28.99] [03:33.14]Awfully bright