Raerona

I saw him coming through the town
riding on a donkey
the wild cheering children throwing
flowers for this flunkies
the men were crying
'HALLELUJAH'
fair women crying softly
fair women crying softly
The granary was overflowing
with manna for the hungry
a phantom stole my amplifier
and fed it to the lonely
the men were crying
'HALLELUJAH'
United states of mind
and a pint of brown
and my head is floating away
David drove me to the Rex Hotel
many shores ago
when I was back in Whitley Bay
and all our friends are being tortured
by blind maggots from
the News Of The World
Shala shalo o bide o rarona
Shala shalo o bide o rarona
da da da da da
Werewolves at the traffic lights
a vampire in the foundry
a run a run a running down
the wires like
the centre to the boundary
the men were crying
'HALLELUJAH'
This place is stranger than Carlisle
there is a French girl
and nun upon the beach
A. J. Cronin’s round the corner
and Oh I’m sorry
I know my head and heart
are out of reach
raerona to corona then back
to my quiet lonely bed
to my quiet lonely bed
Werewolves at the twilight junction
gazing in the window
would like to see your body burning
till early morning gun glow
the men were crying
'HALLELUJAH'