Artist: The Ark Album: It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane (2000) Title: The Homecomer
Lyrics The HomecomerThe homecomer with a sun-tan Smoking cigarettes from another land They look so neat And smell so sweet
Funny how the kids all dressed up and fine Are standing in a line so the homecomer can say They look so sweet Measure them from head to feet
The Homecomer with a strawhat Showing colour-slides of a viper and a bat And where to go And where it's at
Sitting drinking wine with the grown-ups by the fire Telling all night 'bout the places he's been to And the people there Oh, the kids would love to hear So they sneak up near
And I'll come home with a mind of my own And a rucksack full of secrets I can show While everyone tries to picture What the homecomer's eyes have seen The homecomer is what I always wanted to be
The homecomer with a strawhat Finds his way without a map On the countryside Or in London town
Looking at the children with love in his face Telling them softly when I was your age I longed to be Someone like me
The homecomer with a sun-tan Touches his own face with the hands of a man Something has changed He's not the same
After an appointment with a very old friend All good days must come to an end So he goes to bed And he closes his eyes
And I'll come home with a mind of my own And a rucksack full of secrets I can show While everyone tries to picture What the homecomer's eyes have seen A homecomer is what I always wanted to be
I'll come home with a mind of my own And a rucksack full of secrets I can show While everyone tries to picture What the homecomer's eyes have seen A homecomer is what I always wanted to be |