Robyn Hitchcock – Cynthia Mask (Guitar)

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Napoleon wore a black hat

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Ate lots of chicken and conquereed half Europe

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Napoleon was caught by the British

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Imprisoned on Elba, he died on the phone

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Chamberlain came crawling from Munich

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With one piece of paper he waved at the camera

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Peace in our time, oh thank you Herr Hitler

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Tell that to the Polish, tell that to the Jews

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You take your babes up to the bathroom

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And then you lead them into the bedroom

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Gnarly babes for pleasure and profit

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Correctly applied could bring good results

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Cynthia mask, you're wearing a Cynthia mask

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Cynthia mask

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You're dressed as yourself, you walk down the pavement

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You smile like a bowl, you grin like a melon

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The people that pass, they think that they know you

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They're too busy thinking to see who you are

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I'll reach your lungs like smoke in the orchard

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Scattered in bushes, the firemen laughing

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I'll rap your hands with personal signals

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Don't come to me later, come to me now

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Cynthia mask, you're wearing a Cynthia mask

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Cynthia mask

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Cynthia mask, I know how she feels

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But can't say a word because nothing is real in here

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Not even her

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Disguise yourself as you or another

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A brick or a spider in hunger and silence

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The yawning cross, the hill full of pebbles

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Inside you forever, inside you is all

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Cyn-----thi--a        mask

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Cyn-thia   mask

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Cynthia   mask