מילים לשיר The Musical Box – Genesis

Play me "Old King Cole"
all your hearts now seem so far from me
that I may join with you, it hardly seems to matter now.
of a Kingdom beyond the skies.
And the nurse will tell you lies
But I'm lost within this halfit hardly seems to matter now. Play me my song,
here it comes again.
Play me my song, Just a little bit,
here it comes again.
time left to live out my life.
just a little bit more time,
here it comes again. Play me my song,
Play me my song,
here it comes again. Old King Cole was a merry ould soul,
and a merry old soul was he.
So he called for his pipe,
and he called the his fiddlers three. and he called for his bowl,
And the clock, tick tock,
on the mantlepiece,
and I want,
and I fell,
and I know,
and I touch the wall.
She's a lady, she's got time.
Brush back you hair, and let me get to know your face. She's a lady, she's mine. Brush back you hair, and let me get to know your flesh.
I've been waiting here for so long
and all this time that passed me by.
It doesn't seem to matter now.
You stand there with your fixed expression
Why don't you touch me, touch me?
Touch me now, now now, now, now .
casting doubt on all I have to say.
Why don't you touch me, touch me? The musical box:
While Henry Hamiltonraised her mallet high and gracefully removed Henry's head. Two weeks later, in Henry's nursery, she discovered his treasured
musical box. Eagerly she opened it and as "Old King Cole" began to play, a small spiritbut not for long, for as he stood into the room his body began ageing rapidly, leaving a child's mind inside. A lifetime's desires
surged through him. Unfortunately the attempt to persuade Cynthia Jane to fulfill his romantic desire led his nurse to the
nursery to investigate the noise. Instinctively she hurled the musical box at the bearded child, destroying both.