Page type: lyric reference
Artist: King Crimson
Canonical path: /king-crimson/the-great-deceiver
Related lyric paths: 6
Lyric guide
The Great Deceiver
Read The Great Deceiver lyrics by King Crimson on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
person
Curated by Ethan Walker
LyroVerse team
Reference snapshot
The page facts to cite before the commentary
Use this page for the lyric text, linked artist context, and any LyroVerse editor's note attached to the song. Listener comments remain user-generated and should not be treated as the primary source.
Lyrics
The Great Deceiver
The lyric stays readable and compact here; the note and related paths sit nearby so you do not lose the song while looking for context.
Health-food faggot with a bartered bride
Likes to comb his hair with a dipper ride
Once had a friend with a cloven foot
Once he called the tune in a chequered quit
Great deceiver
In the door on the floor in a paper bag
There's a shoe-shine boy with a gin-shop slag
She raised him up and she called him son
And she canonised the ground that he walked upon
Great deceiver
Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the virgin mary
Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the virgin mary
Cigarettes, ice cream, cadillacs blue jeans
In the night he's a star in the milky way
He's a man of the world by the light of day
A golden smile and a proposition
And the breath of God smells of sweet sedition
Great deceiver
Sing hymns make love get high fall dead
He'll bring his perfume to your bed
He'll charm your life 'til the cold winds blow
Then he'll sell your dreams to a picture show
Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the virgin mary
Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the virgin mary
Cadillacs, blue jeans, dixieland playing on the ferry
Cadillacs, blues jeans, drop a glass full of antique sherry
Quick answers
What this page can answer fast
Who performs "The Great Deceiver"?
King Crimson performs "The Great Deceiver", and this lyric page sits inside the King Crimson catalog on LyroVerse.
Are there related songs to explore after "The Great Deceiver"?
Yes. The related section below points to 21st Century Schizoid Man and Blue Suede Shoes with a short reason for opening each page next.
Where can I find more songs by King Crimson?
Use the artist link near the top of the page or the related paths section below to keep moving through King Crimson's lyric pages.
Song Room
Open Song Room
Interpretations, questions, and corrections for this song
Interpretations, questions, memories, and correction notes live together here. The room stays noindex while the best insights are reviewed.
Listener comments
What people are saying
No listener comments on The Great Deceiver yet.
A strong comment here is specific: the phrase you keep hearing, the mood you come back for, or the reason this song stays in rotation.
Sign in to post the first listener note. Reporting stays open to everyone.