Steve Hackett - Dancing with the Moonlit Knight lyrics

"Can you tell me where my country lies?" said
The unifaun to his true love's eyes
"It lies with me!" cried the Queen of Maybe
For her merchandise, he traded in his prize

"Paper late!" cried a voice in the crowd
"Old man dies!" The note he left
Was signed "Old Father Thames"
It seems he's drowned
Selling England by the pound

Citizens of Hope and Glory
Time goes by - "it's the time of your life"
Easy now, sit you down
Chewing through your Wimpy dreams
They eat without a sound
Digesting England by the pound
Young man says
"you are what you eat" - eat well
Old man says "you are what
You wear" - wear well
You know what you are, you don't give a damn
Bursting your belt that is your homemade sham

The Captain leads his dance right
On through the night join the dance
Follow on! Till the Grail sun
Sets in the mould
Follow on! Till the gold is cold
Dancing out with the moonlit knight
Knights of the Green Shield stamp and shout

There's a fat old lady
Outside the saloon Laying
Out the credit cards she plays Fortune
The deck is uneven right from the start
And all of their hands are playing apart

The Captain leads his dance right
On through the night join the dance
Follow on! A Round Table talking down we go
You're the show!

Off we go with: You play the hobbyhorse
I'll play the fool we'll tease the bull
Ringing round and loud, loud & round
Follow on! With a twist of the world we go
Follow on! Till the gold is cold
Dancing out with the moonlit knight
Knights of the Green Shield stamp and shout