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Artist: Prefab Sprout
Canonical path: /prefab-sprout/dandy-of-the-danube
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Dandy of the Danube
Read Dandy of the Danube lyrics by Prefab Sprout on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Dandy of the Danube
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Old Bermuda floats out there
Heiress of a thousand tunes
Trees are wound in purple vine
Somehow seem to reach the moon
This world is built on dead men's bones
Piled high in lorryloads
Women's eyes shine night-white shine
The odd one hunts like precious stone
Forget my name yet I'm still proud
Though I am not a young man now
My hair once parted black and thick
Now more grey than I care to admit
Evening thunders in my blood
And carries far the sound of drums
While death the blacksmith hammers home
You feel lyin' eyes still lead me on
Though the years are strewn with carrion
We guests got dancing, drunken feet
While the moon recruits a whole new fleet
Where are you queen of the Danube?
Shall I find you?
My question comes back to me
Where are you queen of the Danube?
Shall I find you?
Will it take years to locate you?
Years to locate you
Years to placate you
When death the blacksmith calls to claim
This dust, and burnt my very name
The sea is red and the wind is dry
Be blunt in your reply
When death the blacksmith hammers home
You feel lyin' eyes still lead me on
Though the years are strewn with carrion
We guests got dancing, drunken feet
While the moon recruits a whole new fleet
Where are you queen of the Danube?
Shall I find you?
My question comes back to me
Where are you queen of the Danube?
Shall I find you?
Will it take years to locate you?
Years to locate you
Years to placate you
Old Bermuda floats out there
Rain falls on broken chairs
While death the blacksmith hammers home
Hammers home, hammers home, hammers home
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