Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Midnight Smoke, artist - Mike Batt.
Date of issue: 31.12.1986
Song language: English
Midnight Smoke |
Sing your hymns of Evensong, |
Sail out to far lagoons, |
All you fishermen and you fortune hunters, |
Sharpen your harpoons. |
Sing rhapsodies to the fickle gods that guide you, |
Awake the brave adventurer that sleeps inside you. |
(Baker, Boots + Crew) |
Before you vanish away like midnight smoke, |
So that no signs or memories remain, |
You might vanish away like midnight smoke, |
And never be seen again. |
(Baker) |
You sailors, sail your stormy seas; |
You gamblers, roll your ball. |
All you butterflies and you ballerinas, |
Dance until you fall. |
Dream and believe; |
follow what you’re searching for, |
One day the brave adventurer will be no more. |
(Baker, Boots + Crew) |
You just vanish away like midnight smoke, |
So that no signs or memories remain, |
You’ll just vanish away like midnight smoke, |
And never be seen again. |
(Instrumental Break) |
(Baker, Boots + Crew) |
You just vanish away like midnight smoke, |
So that no signs or memories remain, |
You’ll just vanish away like midnight smoke, |
And never be seen again. |
«I engage with the Snark — every night after dark — |
In a dream delirious fight: |
I serve it with greens in those shadowy scenes, |
And I use it for striking a light. |
«But if ever I meet with a Boojum, that day, |
In a moment (of this I am sure), |
I shall softly and suddenly vanish away — |
And the notion I cannot endure! |
«'Tis a pitiful tale,"said the Bellman, whose face |
Had grown longer at every word; |
«But, now that you’ve stated the whole of your case, |
More debate would be simply absurd.» |
«The rest of my speech"(he explained to his men) |
«You shall hear when I’ve leisure to speak it. |
But the snark is at hand, let me tell you again! |
'Tis your glorious duty to seek it!» |
«To seek it with thimbles, to seek it with care; |
To pursue it with forks and hope; |
To threaten its life with a railway-share; |
To charm it with smiles and soap!» |
«For the Snark’s a peculiar creature, that won’t |
Be caught in a commonplace way. |
Do all that you know, and try all that you don’t; |
Not a chance must be wasted to-day!» |