Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song In China, Said the Moon , by - Stephin Merritt. Song from the album Showtunes, in the genre ЭлектроникаRelease date: 12.02.2006
Record label: Nonesuch
Song language: English
In China, Said the Moon |
| «In china,» |
| Said the moon |
| Who brings me nightly news |
| «I chanced to gaze upon |
| A girl with tiny shoes |
| With pain in her sole |
| She stirs her fishbowl |
| Her four fish, far from free |
| Are far more free than she.» |
| «In Fez-land,» |
| Said the moon |
| «I guided a young man |
| Astride his great white steed |
| Beside a caravan |
| Through long nights he sighed |
| And longed for his bride |
| He loved, as he had vowed |
| But then… but then a cloud…» |
| «In Lisbon,» |
| Said the moon |
| «I kissed a blackamoor |
| The slave of Camöens |
| The Lusiad’s auteur |
| The faithful slave’s palms |
| Were held out for alms |
| To pay for food and rent |
| There’s now a monument.» |