Mark Gillespie - Mayday in Arcadia Lyrics
There’s a long procession of deep-sea diversComing from an air-tight roomTheir dancing lights give a false impressionIt will all be over soonAnd Baby Ben has just struck tenDoc says I’ve only got to do one more sessionSome guy named de SadeMan, he’s taking it hardBut I guess he had to learn his lessonAnd Neptune’s in his palace at the bottom of the seaAnd his priests warn Plato that their prophesiesAre turning out to be no fantasyThey say the world will end at 8 o’clockFather Time gave his blessing at 3And they’ve barred the windowsAnd they’re locking the doorsAnd they’re waiting for the shock just like meAnd Helen of Troy, she’s making love with a boyHer malice hiding her jealousyThere’s not a cloud in sight, it’s a sunny dayAnd there’s mermaids all along the shore waitingYeah, but they’re not sure exactly what forVirgil’s reading back through the IliadAnd Achilles is checking his heelAnd God has lost any will that he hadHe’s just wishing he had 4 wheelsAnd all the angels in ArcadiaMan, they’re screaming for a better dealThey’d like to strike, they say it’s their rightBut instead they’re all made to kneelAnd the sun’s setting lowerAnd the wind starts moaningWho could have known that those red-hot stones’dBe raining down like flakes of snowAnd while they sleep hot death is blownA fiery curtain is closing the showNoah’s boat, it can’t even floatHe’s on the Royal TelephoneGod’s chariots, they can’t even carry itCan’t even get a dial toneAnd it’s mayday in ArcadiaAll the rats are leaving homeAnd it’s mayday in ArcadiaMan, you’d better get back to your homeIt’s mayday in ArcadiaRats!What else can I say to you?Either you dig it, or you don’tIt’s mayday in ArcadiaAh! You’d better go back to your home
