《Two Or Three Spectres(2006 Digital Remaster)》歌词

[00:00:01] Two Or Three Spectres (2006 Digital Remaster) - Peter Hammill

[00:00:18] Sod the music " said the man in the suit

[00:00:22] "I understand profit and without that it's no use

[00:00:26] Why don't you go away and write commercial songs;

[00:00:29] Come back in three years that shouldn't be too long "

[00:00:33] He's a joker and an acrobat

[00:00:36] A record exec in a Mayfair flat

[00:00:40] With Altec speakers wall to wall

[00:00:44] A Radford and a Revox and

[00:00:46] Through it all he plays

[00:00:49] Strictly nowhere Muzak

[00:00:51] "Hey listen baby this band's got a lot of soul

[00:00:55] If we can beat that out of them I see a disc of gold

[00:00:59] Give them an image maybe glitter maybe sex

[00:01:02] Maybe outrage maybe elegance--

[00:01:03] How about as nervous wrecks "

[00:01:06] Signs up the product at two percent

[00:01:09] Justified by vinyl shortage and the increased rent

[00:01:13] On the yacht he has to hire to make his pitch at Midem

[00:01:16] And all the press receptions for his business friends

[00:01:20] Who spill their Taittinger upon the floor

[00:01:23] While the band sip English lager just outside the door

[00:01:30] Treble alto bass clefs on the page

[00:01:33] Crotchets quavers minims all the rage

[00:01:36] But you'll never find a -L- in the score--

[00:01:40] It's there when it's strictly merchandise

[00:01:44] Through all the propagated lies

[00:01:48] 'Bout what the whole thing's for

[00:01:51] He'll make you a star he'll make you so famous

[00:01:54] That all you desire is to be left nameless

[00:01:58] Drained of all you felt you had to offer at the start

[00:02:27] Not without blame either

[00:02:28] Are the gentlemen of the press:

[00:02:30] You can talk about the state of music

[00:02:32] They will writer about your dress

[00:02:34] Play them the new album

[00:02:36] They will say it's great (or not)--

[00:02:38] When the articles come out they're all about

[00:02:40] How many dogs you've got

[00:02:41] God to keep the human interest high

[00:02:45] And the hacks are only too willing to comply

[00:02:49] Pander to the ego build up frail men as gods--

[00:02:52] But somewhere in the process

[00:02:54] The prime purpose is forgotten

[00:03:00] Groupies offer their bodies

[00:03:01] The hangers-on their coke;

[00:03:03] It's all very jolly--what a joke

[00:03:07] Fellini creatures cluster round the dressing-room

[00:03:10] The heavenly bodies all got to have their moons

[00:03:14] In the cult of the superman the

[00:03:17] Music plays a supporting role

[00:03:20] And far more important is the shape of his nose

[00:03:24] The size of his codpiece and the cut of his clothes

[00:03:28] Soul and feeling always take second place

[00:03:31] To the bump and grind of a Fender bass

[00:03:37] Frankly most musicians

[00:03:39] Bore me but not as much as those

[00:03:42] Who chase the glory to bask in reflected light

[00:03:48] Making the man much more important

[00:03:52] Than his arpeggios and mordants

[00:03:55] When it's the other way that's right

[00:03:59] On the values by which this

[00:04:00] World makes its heroes

[00:04:02] Then the best violinist ever was Nero

[00:04:05] Because he had the most Press

[00:04:09] And his fire gimmick was simply the best

[00:04:15] We got the live thing too

[00:04:38] The Human Zoo:

[00:04:49] Ten thousand arms are raised

[00:04:50] Just like the Hitler Youth--

[00:04:53] Ten thousand peace signs

[00:04:56] Mark the entry of the sax;

[00:04:59] Ten thousand peace signs

[00:05:01] But they're different from the back