HUMPTY DUMPTY
Distant keepsakes rattle the drum
Memories shimmer like a worn-out sun
Following the footsteps back in the past
Living in a ‘happy day’, maybe your last

Front lobe fractals pattern the ground
Inside your eyes are ‘yesterdays’ found
Compass of incidents, the magnet attracts
The older you get the more you look back

And you’re taking them here, taking them there
Carrying all the things that you cannot share
Each day’s end a brick in the wall
“Sacrifice! Sacrifice!” the voices call
“Sacrifice! Sacrifice!” the voices call
“Sacrifice! Sacrifice!” the voices call

Coming up trumps the gambler’s won
But what did it cost for all that fun
Have you the time to play the game
Before you fall from that wall again

And you’re taking them here, taking them there
Carrying all the things that you cannot share
Each day’s end a brick in the wall
“Sacrifice! Sacrifice!” the voices call
“Sacrifice! Sacrifice!” the voices call
“Sacrifice! Sacrifice!” the voices call

Distant keepsakes rattle the drum
Memories shimmer like a worn-out sun
Following the footsteps back in the past
Living in a ‘happy day’, maybe your last

And you’re taking them here, taking them there
Carrying all the things that you cannot share
Each day’s end a brick in the wall
“Sacrifice! Sacrifice!” the voices call
“Sacrifice! Sacrifice!” the voices call
“Sacrifice! Sacrifice!” the voices call

Words by Peter Greatorex. Copyright (c) Demented Ditties 1999.