XTC - Mermaid Smiled Lyrics

Artist: XTC

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Songwriters: Andy Partridge

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From pools of xylophone clear
From caves of memory
I saw the children at heart
That we once used to be

Borne on foaming seahorse herd

Compose with trumpeting shell
From lines across their hands
A song as new as new moon
As old as all the sands

Shrank to stagnant from Atlantic wild
Lost that child 'til mermaid smiled

Summoned by drum rolling surf
As laughing fish compel
The young boy woken in me
By clanging diving bell

Breakers pillow fight the shore

She wriggles free in the tide
I'm locked in adult land
Back in the mirror she slides
Waving with comb in hand

I was lucky to remain beguiled
Grown to child since mermaid smiled

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From the album: Rag And Bone Buffet

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XTC - Rag And Bone Buffet Album Lyrics
1.	Another Satellite Lyrics
2.	Blame The Weather Lyrics
3.	Cockpit Dance Mixture Lyrics
4.	Countdown To Christmas Party Time Lyrics
5.	Extrovert Lyrics
6.	Happy Families Lyrics
7.	Heaven Is Paved With Broken Glass Lyrics
8.	I Need Protection Lyrics
9.	Looking For Footprints Lyrics
10.	Mermaid Smiled Lyrics
11.	Officer Blue Lyrics
12.	Pulsing Pulsing Lyrics
13.	Punch And Judy Lyrics
14.	Strange Tales, Strange Tails Lyrics
15.	Take This Town Lyrics
16.	Thanks For Christmas Lyrics
17.	The World Is Full Of Angry Young Men Lyrics
18.	Tissue Tigers (The Arguers) Lyrics
19.	Too Many Cooks In The Kitchen Lyrics

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