Surfs Up

Verse A diamond necklace played the pawn Hand in hand some drummed along oh To a handsome man and baton A blind class aristocracy Back through the opera glass you see The pit and the pendulum drawn    Columnated ruins do  mi  no   Canvass the town and brush the backdrop Are you sleeping? verse 2 Hung velvet overtaken me dim chandelier awaken me To a song dissolved in the dawn The music hall a costly bow The music all is lost for now To a muted trumperter swan    Columnated ruins do  mi  no   Canvass the town and brush the backdrop Are you sleeping Brother John?        Verse    Dove nested towers the hour was Strike the street quicksilver moon    Carriage across the fog Two-Step to lamp lights cellar tune The laughs come hard in Auld Lang Syne The glass was raised the fired rose The fullness of the wine the dim last toast- ing While at port adieu or die A choke of grief heart hardened I Beyond belief a broken man too tough to cry Coda    Surf’s Up    Aboard a tidal wave    Come about hard and join The young and often spring you gave I heard the word Wonderful thing A children’s song