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When I got to the golden cityMost of the gold was goneBy that time I had some questionsSo I flagged down a race-car bumHe said "Sonny I don't know where it's going,But I can show you where it all comes from"And he mopped his red forehead and he pointedStraight into the setting sunAnd people let me tell youThat what I then did sawIt sent such a shock to my systemThat I almost fell down dead on the floor'cause the sun had a big chunk missingAbout 24 carats wideAnd I stared into that hole in the golden sunAnd you want to know what I saw inside?I saw a giant toothpick factoryAnd it made my very soul feel sick'cause when I say I saw a toothpick factoryI mean I saw a factory made out of toothpicksAnd that factory was a-hoppin' and a-jumpin'And a-roaring and letting off steamLetras de cancionesAnd you know that that ain't all nowLet me tell you what else I seenBehind the factory was a giant mutant monsterWith sixty-seven separate tailsAnd each one was a-wiggling and a-wavingAnd each one as long as twenty-three whalesAnd at the tip of each towering tendrilsWere a dozen tiny pencils of leadAnd each word they wrote was in a different languageAnd when you put them all together they said"You who have arms to wrestleAnd you who have wars to fightAnd you who have chips on your shouldersMust now line up and stand to my rightBut you who are meek and lawfulAnd you who are soft and kindIf you don't want to see something awfulRun and get yourself a rock to hide behind'cause these colours are just a signalAnd these colours are just about to fade"And when I read those words I shiveredAnd I saw exactl what the factory madeOut of a little doorwayAt the end of a conveyor beltIn the centre of a ring of fireHalf the size of a postage stampWere a million household itemsPacked into a metal Dukes Of Hazzard lunchboxAnd they were all shut and sealed and fastenedWith a gold combination lockAnd just about every minuteAnother one came right out of the holeAnd crashed to the earth beneath itAnd landed in a lump of coalAnd every poor coal minerWho happened on a golden stoneWas made both richer and wiserAnd had to murder someone to get it homeAnd then I had to close my eyelidsAnd I had to turn my face awayThe race-car man was cryingAnd I heard him angrily say"I suppose you want a glass of waterI suppose you want to eat something warm"I said, "Yes but not with you sir"And I ran off to be aloneAnd I sat under a bridge and I wonderedWhat exactly all of these things wereAnd I found I could not yet rememberWhat I thought they were beforeI just want something evenSomething that won't cause no fussThe sun can go about its businessAnd leave the rest to usAnd we'll call it evenAnd we'll call it gold
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"Gold" as written by Beverley Knight
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