Robyn Hitchcock - Cynthia Mask lyrics

Napoleon wore a black hat
Ate lots of chicken
And conquered half europe napoleon
Was caught by the British imprisoned on Elba
He died on the phone

Chamberlain came crawling from Munich
With one piece of paper
He waved at the camera peace in our time
Oh thank you, herr Hitler
Tell that to the Polish
Tell that to the Jews you take your babes
Up to the bathroom and then you lead
Them into the bedroom gnarly babes
For pleasure and profit correctly applied
Could bring good results

Cynthia mask you're wearing a Cynthia mask
Cynthia mask you're wearing a Cynthia mask

You're dressed as yourself
You walk down the pavement
You smile like a bowl you grin like a melon
The people that pass
They think that they know you
They're too busy thinking to see who you are

I'll reach your lungs
Like smoke in the orchard
Scattered in bushes the firemen laughing
I'll rap your hands with personal signals
Don't come to me later come to me now
Cynthia mask you're wearing a Cynthia mask
Cynthia mask cynthia mask
I know how she feels
But can't say a word because
Nothing is real in here not even her

Disguise yourself as you or another
A brick or a spider in hunger and silence
The yawning cross the hill full of pebbles
Inside you forever inside you is all

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