Song | This World Over |
Artist | XTC |
Album | The Compact XTC: The Singles 1978-85 |
Ah well, that's this world over | |
Ah well, next one begins | |
Will you smile like any mother | |
As you bathe your brand new twins? | |
Will you sing about the missiles | |
As you dry odd numbered limbs? | |
Ah, well, that's this world over | |
Ah, well, next one begins | |
Ah, well, that's this world over | |
You sadly grin | |
Will you tell them about that far off and mythical land | |
About their leader with the famous face? | |
Will you tell them that the reason nothing ever grows | |
In the garden anymore | |
Because he wanted to win the craziest race | |
That's this world over | |
Will you smile like any father | |
With your children on a Sunday hike? | |
When you get to a sea of rubble | |
And they ask, ''What was London like?'' | |
You tell them, ''Ah, well, that's this world over†| |
Ah, well, next one begins, it begins, it begins | |
Ah, well, that's this world over" | |
You sadly grin | |
Will you tell them about that far off and mythical land | |
And how a child to the virgin came? | |
Will you tell them that the reason why we murdered | |
Everything upon the surface of the world | |
So we can stand right up and say we did it in his name? | |
That's this world over | |
Or so it seems | |
That's this world over | |
The end of dreams | |
That's this world over, over | |
Over and out | |
That's this world over, over | |
Over and out | |
That's this world over, over | |
Over and out | |
That's this world over, over | |
Over and out | |
That's this world over, over | |
Over and out |
Ah well, that' s this world over | |
Ah well, next one begins | |
Will you smile like any mother | |
As you bathe your brand new twins? | |
Will you sing about the missiles | |
As you dry odd numbered limbs? | |
Ah, well, that' s this world over | |
Ah, well, next one begins | |
Ah, well, that' s this world over | |
You sadly grin | |
Will you tell them about that far off and mythical land | |
About their leader with the famous face? | |
Will you tell them that the reason nothing ever grows | |
In the garden anymore | |
Because he wanted to win the craziest race | |
That' s this world over | |
Will you smile like any father | |
With your children on a Sunday hike? | |
When you get to a sea of rubble | |
And they ask, '' What was London like?'' | |
You tell them, '' Ah, well, that' s this world over | |
Ah, well, next one begins, it begins, it begins | |
Ah, well, that' s this world over" | |
You sadly grin | |
Will you tell them about that far off and mythical land | |
And how a child to the virgin came? | |
Will you tell them that the reason why we murdered | |
Everything upon the surface of the world | |
So we can stand right up and say we did it in his name? | |
That' s this world over | |
Or so it seems | |
That' s this world over | |
The end of dreams | |
That' s this world over, over | |
Over and out | |
That' s this world over, over | |
Over and out | |
That' s this world over, over | |
Over and out | |
That' s this world over, over | |
Over and out | |
That' s this world over, over | |
Over and out |