Mother Of Pearl lyrics

Turn the lights down (Way down low)

Turn up the music (Hi as fi can go)

All the gang's here (Everyone you know)

Its a crazy scene (Hey there, just look over your shoulder)

Get the picture?

No, no, no, no. (Yes)

Walk a tightrope (Your life sign line)

Such a bright hope (Right place, right time)

What´s your number? (Never you mind)

Take a powder (But hang on a minute, what´s coming round the corner?)

Have you a future?

No, no, no, no. (Yes)

Well I've been up all night again

Party time wasting

It's too much fun

Then I step back thinking

Of life's inner meaning

And my latest fling

It's the same old story

All love and glory

It's a pantomime

If you're looking for love

In a looking glass world

It's pretty hard to find

Oh Mother of Pearl

I wouldn't trade you for another girl

Divine intervention

Always my intention

So I take my time

I've been looking for something

I've always wanted

But was never mine

But now I've seen that something

Just out of reach, glowing

Very holy grail

Oh Mother of Pearl

Lustrous lady of a sacred world

Thus even Zarathustra

Another time loser

Could believe in you

With every goddess a let down

Every idol a bring down

It gets you down

But the search for perfection

Your own predilection

Goes on, and on, and on, and on

Canadian club love

A place in the country

Everyone's ideal

But you are my favorita

And a place in your heart, dear

Makes me feel more real

Oh Mother of Pearl

I wouldn't change you for the whole world

You're highbrow, holy

With lots of soul

Melancholy, shimmering

Serpentine sleekness

Was always my weakness

Like a simple tune

But no dilettante

Filigree fancy

Beats the plastic you

Career girl cover

Exposed and another

Slips right into view

Oh, looking for love

In a looking glass world

Is pretty hard for you

Few throwaway kisses

The boomerang misses

Spin round and round

Fall on featherbed quilted

Faced with silk

Softly stuffed, eider down

Take refuge in pleasure

Just give me your future

We'll forget your past

Oh Mother of Pearl

Submarine lover in a shrinking world

Oh lonely dreamer

Your choker provokes a picture cameo

Oh Mother of Pearl

So so semi-precious in your detached world

Oh Mother of Pearl

I wouldn't trade you for another girl

• Artist:Roxy Music
• Album:Stranded