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Artist: Genesis
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The Musical Box
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The Musical Box
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Play me Old King Cole
That I may join with you
All your hearts now seem so far from me
It hardly seems to matter now
And the nurse will tell you lies
Of a Kingdom beyond the skies
But I'm lost within this half-world
It hardly seems to matter now
Play me my song
Here it comes again
Play me my song
Here it comes again
Just a little bit
Just a little bit more time
Time left to live out my life
Play me my song
Here it comes again
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 for his bowl
And he called the his fiddlers three
And the clock, tick tock
On the mantlepiece
And I want
And I feel
And I know
And I touch her warmth
She's a lady, she's got time
Brush back you hair, and let me get to know her face
She's a lady, she's mine
Brush back you hair, and let me get to know her 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
Casting doubt on all I have to say
Why don't you touch me, touch me?
Why don't you touch me, touch me?
Touch me now, now now, now, now
The musical box
While Henry Hamilton-Smythe minor (8) was playing croquet withCynthia Jane De Blaise-William (9), sweet smiling Cynthia
Raised her mallet high and gracefully removed Henry's head. Twoweeks later, in Henry's nursery, she discovered his treasured
Musical box. Eagerly she opened it and as "Old King Cole" beganto play, a small spirit-figure appeared. Henry had returned -
But not for long, for as he stood into the room his body beganageing rapidly, leaving a child's mind inside. A lifetime'sdesires
Surged through him. Unfortunately the attempt to persuade CynthiaJane to fulfill his romantic desire led his nurse to the
Nursery to investigate the noise. Instinctively she hurled themusical box at the bearded child, destroying both
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