Robyn Hitchcock - The Green Boy

Lyrics

First blood

The man in breeches leans against the wall

And keeps a green-striped clove ball in his pouch

You know him as your friend but he is filling in for someone

First come

The girl in breeches bends her head and sighs

And rubs a green-striped gourd across her palm

You know her as your love but she is marking time just marking time

Hold to me, say to me, kiss to me, fall for me, do to me

What you will

Hold to me, say to me, kiss to me, fall for me, do to me

What you will

And all the answers are the same as they have been before

And all the questions are the same as you've been looking for, my friend

First served

The man in green-striped tights is now inside

He picks his teeth with fragments of his lute

You chose him as your guard and he is here with you and no one else

There's no one else

Hold to me, say to me, kiss to me, fall for me, do to me

What you will

Hold to me, say to me, kiss to me, fall for me, do to me

What you will

And all the answers are the same as they have been before

And all the questions are the same as you've been looking for, my friend

Hold to me, say to me, kiss to me, fall for me, do to me

What you will, what you will

One, two, three

Four, five, six