The Statues-Jake Thackray

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[00:00.00]The Statues - Jake Thackray
[00:03.66]Written by：Jake Thackray
[00:07.32]Closing time on saturday it was dark
[00:11.04]Me and uncle Samuel were lying in the park
[00:14.61]Toes towards the moonlight
[00:16.02]Noses in the flower beds
[00:18.32]But we know that what we saw we saw
[00:23.61]She was naked she was cast in bronze
[00:25.99]In bronze
[00:27.20]Standing in the lake amidst the
[00:29.08]Corporation swans
[00:30.84]He was millstone grit he was
[00:32.59]Sir robert walpole
[00:34.41]And we know that what we heard
[00:36.14]We heard
[00:39.81]Lady is the water cold tonight
[00:42.75]Or does the silky moonlight warm
[00:45.02]Your heart to me
[00:46.38]Or must I hanker for a hundred years again
[00:49.84]And never endingly gaze upon your flanks
[00:52.85]Your face
[00:53.82]Well me and my uncle Sam
[00:57.44]Oh constable well we were
[01:00.26]Right on her side
[01:02.31]Poor darling she was shy
[01:04.57]And she had her pride
[01:07.09]And nowhere to hide
[01:13.31]We were there we saw the aged sire
[01:17.06]Shaking with a century of petrified desire
[01:20.57]Climbing from his pedestal all stiff and sooty
[01:24.19]And we know that what we saw we saw
[01:29.54]He began to tremble and to sway ay ay
[01:33.02]We were drunk as penguins but
[01:34.79]We saw him clear as day
[01:36.63]Clumping to the water's edge
[01:38.38]Sir robert walpole
[01:40.32]And we know that what we heard we heard
[01:45.68]Lady is the water cold tonight
[01:48.66]Is it the milky moonlight warms my heart to you
[01:52.37]Well let the devil take the park attendant first
[01:55.50]My heart may burst so I'm not waiting any longer
[01:59.62]Lady
[02:00.12]Me
[02:00.98]And my uncle Sam
[02:03.47]Inspector well then we both got
[02:06.50]To our feet
[02:08.40]Poor darling she was sweet and not very old
[02:13.35]And awfully cold
[02:21.30]We rolled up our sleeves we got to work
[02:24.63]Went for him like buffaloes
[02:26.29]Like windmills goneberserk
[02:28.35]He fought like a tiger we've got the scars
[02:30.59]To prove it
[02:31.92]And we know that what we've got we've got
[02:37.20]We hung on like death we did our best
[02:40.76]He was big and gritty and he fought like
[02:43.03]One possessed
[02:44.35]He was much too good for us was
[02:46.29]Robert walpole
[02:47.90]He put us down and out and he strode on
[02:53.43]Lady was the water cold last night
[02:56.45]Was it the creamy dreamy moonlight
[02:58.93]Warmed your heart
[03:00.06]Oh little nymph we both did what we could
[03:03.34]But it's so strange you're infinitely
[03:06.13]Changed today
[03:07.52]Well me
[03:09.01]And my uncle Sam
[03:11.43]Your worship well
[03:12.73]We both feel something's not right
[03:16.33]Today she wears a smile her face is alight
[03:21.17]And her eyes are bright
[03:26.84]Ever so bright
[03:32.05]Awfully bright