
Date of issue: 04.05.2017
Record label: Mute
Song language: English
Nature Boy |
I was just a boy when I sat down |
To watch the news on TV |
I saw some ordinary slaughter |
I saw some routine atrocity |
My father said, don’t look away |
You got to be strong, you got to be bold, now |
He said, that in the end it is beauty |
That is going to save the world, now |
And she moves among the sparrows |
And she floats upon the breeze |
She moves among the flowers |
She moves something deep inside of me |
I was walking around the flower show like a leper |
Coming down with some kind of nervous hysteria |
When I saw you standing there, green eyes, black hair |
Up against the pink and purple wisteria |
You said, hey, nature boy, are you looking at me |
With some unrighteous intention? |
My knees went weak |
I couldn’t speak, I was having thoughts |
That were not in my best interests to mention |
And she moves among the flowers |
And she floats upon the smoke |
She moves among the shadows |
She moves me with just one little look |
You took me back to your place |
And dressed me up in a deep sea diver’s suit |
You played the patriot, you raised the flag |
And I stood at full salute |
Later on we smoked a pipe that struck me dumb |
And made it impossible to speak |
As you closed in, in slow motion |
Quoting Sappho, in the original Greek |
She moves among the shadows |
She floats upon the breeze |
She moves among the candles |
And we moved through the days |
And through the years |
Years passed by, we were walking by the sea |
Half delirious |
You smiled at me and said, Babe |
I think this thing is getting kind of serious |
You pointed at something and said |
Have you ever seen such a beautiful thing? |
It was then that I broke down |
It was then that you lifted me up again |
She moves among the sparrows |
And she walks across the sea |
She moves among the flowers |
And she moves something deep inside of me |
She moves among the sparrows |
And she floats upon the breeze |
She moves among the flowers |
And she moves right up close to me |
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