Black Midi - 27 Questions

[00:24.84] When lost in wild rain there is nothing you can do [00:28.30] When lost in city rain there is something you can do [00:32.15] Take refuge wherever is marked "Admission Free" [00:35.72] As we did one night back in late '43 [00:40.27] I'd never seen the man on the poster before [00:43.11] But my friend said he was a big star before the war [00:48.06] [00:55.03] The boy by the door, louder than a bomb [00:58.92] All the way down the street, you heard his song [01:02.73] "Roll up, roll up, tonight is the night [01:07.21] Freddie Frost gives his last will live on stage [01:11.04] Roll up, roll up for the show of a lifetime [01:14.88] The doors open at quarter to eight" [01:19.00] Sat in upholstery that once was brilliant [01:22.28] We picked its loose stuffing and looked around [01:25.88] There where duchesses and dukes, and beggars and pimps [01:29.65] All sat side-by-side to watch his last grasp at life [01:34.04] The grand centrepiece was a gold green sarcophagus [01:37.49] Flanked either side by oil-painted pictures of the man [01:41.24] First of all, a film to explain his lifelong dream [01:44.81] Afterward the music started, and a young girl ran on with operatic screams [01:51.20] [02:12.20] Two hours went by and his sixty five daughters [02:15.96] Who told through opera of his life's importance [02:19.22] They sang of his exploits all over the Earth [02:22.82] His likes and dislikes, his undoubtable worth [02:26.45] And after a last crescendo where they all cried as one [02:30.68] They hurried quickly off, but the music played on [02:34.04] From within his sarcophagus rose a spot-lit withered hand [02:37.99] Mister Frost emerged, and to the racing beat he danced [02:42.13] [02:46.44] With the vital energy of a newborn chimp [02:50.44] He spun and he spun and he spun and he spun and spun [02:58.19] Hopelessly wrinkled, and by no means thin [03:01.69] He soon became dizzy, regained his composure [03:05.65] And started to sing [03:15.54] "Thank you for listening, I won't be too long [03:21.61] Just twenty seven questions to finish this song [03:29.63] Does there exist a marriage that can't survive castration? [03:33.86] A future where a man can go a year without hydration? [03:38.05] Is grass ever greener? [03:39.75] Is the will really free? [03:41.80] Is it only black you see when you join the deceased? [03:46.16] Will I forever be a mediocrity? [03:50.10] A hideous glut with trembling knees? [03:54.49] In death will I see the girls of daydreams? [03:58.36] Intangibly dressed, invisibly seamed? [04:02.58] Will the sun burn out? [04:03.47] Will my corpse grow a beard? [04:04.52] Will my house be kept and my sperm be reared? [04:06.42] My last shot at the big time, posthumous paste [04:08.57] Will I find a home, or go to waste? [04:10.66] In heaven do the morals of Earth still stand? [04:14.54] Or can I bridge the gap twixt beast and man? [04:18.97] Is there such a thing as a universal truth? [04:22.81] Any lost secret to eternal youth? [04:27.16] Do nuns fornicate and do scientists pray? [04:30.98] Is a sin committed every moment of every day? [04:39.16] That's not quite twenty seven [04:41.25] But my chest feels awful tight [04:43.43] So thank you for listening [04:45.54] Good night, good night, good night!" [04:49.76] [05:04.70] Freddie Frost blew up to the size of a hot air balloon [05:09.08] Red as all hellfire and loud as Satan's siren [05:12.94] And he wheezed and moaned in pain as he rose [05:16.59] But then we all just laughed at the sad, old oaf [05:25.54] Laughed all the way home [05:28.58]