Robyn Hitchcock, The Egyptians - Dwarfbeat lyrics

That's what happens accidentally when
You're in the mood for a bit of nothing much
Or even just some food
That's what happened every day between "you
Say" and between "you do"
That's what happens every second to you

That's what happens unintentionally when
You're playing cards
There's a smell of burning and
A screeching from the yard
There's a chicken in the chimney
There's a book on what to do
But I've never read it - baby, have you?
So you feel like a dwarf
Who feels like a king
Yeah, a dwarf has some fun
When there's no one tall to be compared with

That's what happens accidentally when
You're on a boat
The sea is full of iron gloves
You wonder how they float
There's a suit of armor eating
Scampi by your side when he lifts his visor
There's nothing inside

So you look for the scampi
And you feel like a dwarf
Yeah, a dwarf has some fun
When there's no one tall to be compared with

That's what happens accidentally when
You're on a train everybody's made of glass
You can see right through their brains
When the train goes underwater it gets
Green and black as night that's okay
'cause someone turns on the light
Then the fish all come round
And they stare through the glass
So it's you in the bowl

'Cause there's no one else
To be compared with