Robyn Hitchcock - The Lizard lyrics

You wear the lizard's shoes and
Afterwards you get confused
You wear the lizard's coat and
Afterwards you fail to float
You take the lizard's path but look
Who's lying in the bath
You wear the lizard's skin no man can
Be a god and win at all

You take the lizard's mask but look
Who's lying in the cask
And the clocks have stopped you'll find
Out what the lizard dropped
You know the lizard's won but you
Can't work out how it's done
The lizard is your friend and will be
To the very end of time
You lie beneath the stars the lizard
Knows how high they are
The stars are out of reach the
Lizard lingers on a beach


The stars are out of date the
Lizard had them on a plate
You vomit in the shed the lizard
Got there first he's dead now