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The Nostalgia Factory
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Lyrics - Alan Duffy / Music - Steven Wilson
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A Caterpillar crawled to me one day and said
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"Oh what the hell goes on inside your swollen head?
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I don't believe that you can see as much as I
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Now close your eyes and tell me what do you say?"
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"I watched nine cats dance on the moon
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A flamingo stalked into my room
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It bowed its head to me and knelt
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To reveal the cards it had dealt
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An ace, three jacks, two queens, four kings
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Then turned them into burning rings
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The flames jumped out and chased four mice
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Caught by their tails they turned to ice
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A cloud appeared outside my door
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And through the window saw four more
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And on the back of each cloud sat
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Two rainbow smiles in wizard's hats
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They threw five clocks down on my bed
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The chimes danced out on golden threads
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And turned to footprints on my wall
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Sequined tears began to fall"
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The caterpillar gasped at me and said
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"My god if that's what's going on inside your head
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You can see so much more than I
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I think it's time to turn into a butterfly."
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The Nostalgia Factory
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