KILLER (CLASSIC BLORT)
Learning is a clock with only one hand
Dreaming is a beach with speaking sands
Knowledge is a vice that grips a man
And Cain was a killer that didn’t understand

Wisdom is a yo-yo with a broken string
Time is a bird that cannot sing
And you can’t stop the rain with anything
Except love

Wanting is a boat that doesn’t know the sea
Needing is a pain that hurts to be free
Waiting is a lock that doesn’t have no key
And Cain was a killer that could have been me

Wisdom is a yo-yo with a broken string
Time is a bird that cannot sing
And you can’t stop the rain with anything
Except love

War is a sore that won’t go away
Night is a bruise on the skin of day
Children are the reason that you say you’ll stay
And Cain was a killer who got clean away

Wisdom is a yo-yo with a broken string
Time is a bird that cannot sing
And you can’t stop the rain with anything
Except love

Teachers are people who shoot at sparks
Lessons are knives that shine in the dark
Sins are boats on the lake in the park
And Cain was a killer right there at the start

Wisdom is a yo-yo with a broken string
Time is a bird that cannot sing
And you can’t stop the rain with anything
Except love

Words by Peter Greatorex. Copyright (c) D & G Music 1991.
Note: not all the lyrics are present in this version.

Lyrics by Peter Greatorex.
Music by George Davies/Peter Greatorex/Rowena Parsons.
Recorded at Silent Running Studios, Exeter, by George Davies, Autumn 1991.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios 2010.

Performers:

Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitars, bass, Boss DR55A drum machine
Rowena Parsons – tenor sax

Facts:

• This is an out-take from the recording of Killer.
• It stars Rowena on sax.
• If you listen carefully, you can hear the assorted gigglings of all those present after she unexpectedly blew a particularly horrid comedy note at the end of the phrase.