Linctus House

Robyn Hitchcock

[00:12]You know I used to call my baby up

[00:17]And we'd get real close

[00:21]Just like the telephone was a sofa

[00:25]And our thoughts would mingle

[00:28]And we'd leave our minds wide open

[00:33]Like a big window in the evening air

[00:38]And we'd say

[00:39]"Hey baby, come on in and help yourself to my soul"

[00:50]"Hey baby, come on in and help yourself to my soul"

[01:01]But these days, even saying, "hello? How are you?"

[01:05]"I'm fine. How are you?" takes a lot of sweat

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[01:15]Ain't that a shame

[01:20]Ain't that a shame

[01:26]But in Linctus House

[01:32]In my flesh hotel

[01:38]I don't care anymore

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[01:45]You know my baby and me

[01:47]As Kimberley would say

[01:49]We'd curl up like two dogs

[01:51]In front of a fire

[01:55]And our eyes would reflect each other

[01:58]In the warm long heat of love

[02:02]Yeah, the warm long heat of love

[02:07]And I would hear the rain falling

[02:09]On the leaves outside

[02:13]I could'nt stand too close the window

[02:16]'Cause I'd shiver if I left her side

[02:23]But now I'd shake if we should meet

[02:31]And I spend most of my time in the bushes

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[02:36]Ain't that a shame

[02:39]Know what you're doing

[02:41]Ain't that a shame

[02:44]Know what you've done

[02:48]But in Linctus House

[02:53]In my flesh hotel

[02:59]I don't care anymore

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[03:15]"I understand how everything sometimes

[03:17]Turns out to be nothing," You say

[03:23]But I wonder if you do

[03:31]And if we understood each other

[03:34]There'd be no need to talk

[03:39]But even that, even talking is out of reach

[03:44]Should I say it with flowers or

[03:46]Should I say it with nails?

[03:52]I'm not the kind to push you around

[03:56]But I don't want to make myself vulnerable

[04:03]And if I was on my knees

[04:05]You'd have a pretty good view of my skull

[04:09]And I happen to know you're carrying a chisel

[04:12]

[04:13]But in Linctus House

[04:18]In my flesh hotel

[04:24]I don't care anymore

[04:29]No

[04:31]In Linctus House

[04:35]In my flesh hotel

[04:40]I don't care

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[04:58][04:47]Ain't that a shame

[05:01][04:50]Know what you're doing

[05:04][04:52]Ain't that a shame

[05:07][04:56]Know what you've done