Senses Working Overtime

Song Senses Working Overtime
Artist XTC
Album The Compact XTC: The Singles 1978-85

Lyrics

[00:00.09] (1,2, 3,4,5)
[00:02.87]
[00:09.48] Hey hey,
[00:11.17] The clouds are whey,
[00:13.01] There's straw for the donkeys,
[00:14.56] And the innocents can all sleep safely,
[00:19.58] All sleep safely.
[00:24.24]
[00:24.73] My, my,
[00:25.81] Sun is pie,
[00:28.09] There's fodder for the cannons,
[00:29.44] And the guilty ones can all sleep safely,
[00:34.68] All sleep safely.
[00:39.28]
[00:39.74] And all the world is football shaped,
[00:43.56] It's just for me to kick in space,
[00:47.54] And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste,
[00:51.15] And I've got one, two, three, four, five
[00:55.16] Senses working overtime,
[00:59.84] Trying to take this all in,
[01:02.68] I've got one, two, three, four, five
[01:06.45] Senses working overtime,
[01:11.11] Trying to taste the difference,
[01:12.50] 'Tween the lemons and limes,
[01:14.64] The pain and the pleasure,
[01:16.39] And the church bells softly chime.
[01:21.45]
[01:28.54] Hey hey,
[01:29.83] Night fights day,
[01:31.94] There's food for the thinkers,
[01:33.48] And the innocents can all live slowly,
[01:38.42] All live slowly,
[01:42.72]
[01:43.60] My, my,
[01:44.91] The sky will cry,
[01:46.84] Jewels for the thirsty,
[01:48.09] And the guilty one's can all die slowly
[01:53.38] All die slowly.
[01:58.49]
[01:58.58] And all the world is biscuit shaped,
[02:02.58] It's just for me to feed my face,
[02:06.36] And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste,
[02:10.04] And I've got one, two, three, four, five,
[02:14.15] Senses working overtime,
[02:18.69] Trying to take this all in,
[02:21.52] I've got one, two, three, four, five,
[02:25.19] Senses working overtime,
[02:29.86] Trying to taste the difference,
[02:31.15] 'Tween the lemons and limes,
[02:33.48] The pain and the pleasure,
[02:35.10] And the church bells softly chime,
[02:40.00]
[02:47.41] And birds might fall from black skies,
[02:50.92] And bullies might give you black eyes,
[02:54.65] And busses might skid on black ice,
[02:58.31] But to me it's very very beautiful,
[03:07.36]
[03:17.24] And all the world is football shaped,
[03:20.86] It's just for me to kick in space,
[03:24.95] And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste,
[03:28.66] And I've got one, two, three, four, five,
[03:32.52] Senses working overtime,
[03:37.21] Trying to take this all in,
[03:40.10] I've got one,two,three, four, five
[03:43.79] Senses working overtime,
[03:48.39] Trying to tell the difference,
[03:50.04] 'Tween the lemons and limes,
[03:52.26] The pain and the pleasure,
[03:54.97] And the church bells softly chime.
[04:02.59]