Lyric The Golden Calf

Once upon a time I stalked the streets on raining evenings
When the distant sea blended with the sky
Past Coliseum s filled with brass on pavements carved from toasted glass
I carried in my heart a word or two

You dashing horseman all gone away
Left you a stable bill to pay
And now the golden calf has turned to clay
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Couldn t touch your windswept harbour love
White and open-necked you would still play

I d resort to sleepwalking to catch the mood that fills the sails
With harvest nets and tides don t ever bring
But every night was Halloween, and every friend fell in between
And how capricious nature ruled my mind

You dashing horseman all gone away
Left you a stable bill to pay
And now the golden calf has turned to clay
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Couldn t touch your windswept harbour love
White and open-necked you would still play

Once upon a time I stalked the streets on raining evenings
When the distant sea blended with the sky
Past Coliseum s filled with brass on pavements carved from toasted glass
I carried in my heart a word or two

But you would always make me see today

You dashing horseman all gone away
Left you a stable bill to pay
And now the golden calf has turned to clay
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Couldn t touch your windswept harbour love
White and open-necked you would still play

I sound so different these days, I barely can believe I m here
If I didn t know better, I would swear I was someone else
Lord I can t believe, I don t believe I m me
But who on earth could I be ?

You dashing horseman all gone away
Left you a stable bill to pay
And now the golden calf has turned to clay
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Couldn t touch your windswept harbour love
White and open-necked you would still play