When you got home from work
You just lay on your bed
Went through your pages
Some things don't make sense
Got to be solid to hold sway
Unsoldered to win the day
You're a soldier it's okay
Tell yourself it's okay
Spinning straw into gold
Straw into gold
Straw into gold
All the maritime pines
For sails on the horizon
Closing down plays
I almost bought the mandolin
Illuminous squid
And the knife-wielding fishermen
Stationary shark
Mandarin trees laden
Spinning straw into gold
Straw into gold
Straw into gold
That's rich coming from you he said
You're impossible
In his long oil skin coat
I said You're no picnic neither
Now you're no picnic neither
But the day is loudening
And I don't believe it
The banks have all broken
To cash all our chips in
Freddy gave us his advice
Slinging spirits to cubes of ice
Says we're lumps of molasses
Singing out of our asses
Spinning straw into gold
Straw into gold
Straw into gold
Gold
Straw into gold
And I got old and I need
Wild animals got you
And there's nothing more I'd like
Than to have you in the room
But the din here is loudening
And I don't believe it
Strange behind everything
And it's just a matter
Of loving
Spinning straw into gold
Straw into gold
Straw into gold
Gold
Straw into gold
Gold
Straw into gold