"Why don't you play us a tune, pal?"

"I don't like music."

"Comical little geezer. You'll look funny when you're fifty."

Somebody I never met, but in a way I know

Didn't think that you could get so much from a picture show

Man dies first reel, people ask, "What's the deal?

This ain't how it's supposed to be; Don't like no Aborigine"

Took a trip in Powis Square, pop star dyed his hair

No fans to scream and shout when mobsters came to flush him out

Gangland slaying underground, new identity must be found

On the left bank for a while, insanity Bohemian style

Ritual ideas, relativity

Holy buildings, no people prophecy

Time slide, place to hide, nudge reality

Foresight, minds wide, magic imagery, oh-ho

Met a dwarf that was no good, dressed like little Red Riding Hood

Bad habit taking life, her calling card a six-inch knife

Ran off really fast, mumbled something 'bout the past

Best sex I've ever seen, as if each moment was the last

Drops of blood, colour slide, funeral for his bride

But it's him who's really dead, gets to take the funeral ride

Ritual ideas, relativity

Holy buildings, no people prophecy

Time slide, place to hide, nudge reality

Foresight, minds wide, magic imagery, oh-ho

Oh-ho

Oh-ho

Oh-ho

"You know, I don't think I'm going to let you stay in the film business."

"Time for a change!"

"I like a bit of a cavort. I don't send 'em solicitor's letters. I apply a bit of.... pressure."

Space guy fell from sky, scratched my head and wondered why

Time slides into time across international dateline

Scientist eats bubblegum; hall of fame, baseball

Senator's a hoodlum, big chiefs in the hall

Ritual ideas, relativity

Holy buildings, no people prophecy

Time slide, place to hide, nudge reality

Foresight, minds wide, magic imagery, oh-ho

Stray thoughts fear to tread, placed upon the screen instead

She's my flame too hot to hold, had to settle for her cold

Bloodlust, Greek god, gold discovery

Gone bust, tight wad, slow recovery

Axe job, flame thrower, iron bar and gun

Betting shop, new owner, a walk in the sun

Ritual ideas, relativity

Holy buildings, no people prophecy

Time slide, place to hide, nudge reality

Foresight, minds wide, magic imagery, oh-ho

Spread the news: the Maestro's back with a beat-box soundtrack

The King of brains, Queen of the sack; executives have heart attack

It's assault course celluloid the money makers would avoid

Sometimes notions get reversed, centre of the universe

Ritual ideas, relativity

Holy buildings, no people prophecy

Time slide, place to hide, nudge reality

Foresight, minds wide, magic imagery, oh-ho

Oh-ho

Oh-ho

Oh-ho

"Who do you think you are, the Lone Ranger?

You're Jack the Lad!"

"Putting a little stick about. Putting the frighteners on flash, little twerps."

"He's an ignorant boy. An out-of-date boy."

"United we stand, divided we're lumbered."

"At the death, who is left holding the sodding baby?"

"I know a thing or two about the clientèle. They're a bunch of liars and wrigglers. Give 'em a bit of stick."

Ritual ideas, relativity

Holy buildings, no people prophecy

Time slide, place to hide, nudge reality

Foresight, minds wide, magic imagery, oh-ho

Oh-ho

Ritual ideas, relativity

Holy buildings, no people prophecy

Time slide, place to hide, nudge reality

Foresight, minds wide, magic imagery, oh-ho

Oh-ho