Ballad Of A Salesman Who Sold Himself Lyrics - Rainbow Takeaway - Kevin Ayers

There was moonlight and laughter 

That danced on the sands 

And bloodstained pianos 

Are played without hands 

Such a promising music 

Sweet whispers and dreams 

From a travelling window, 

The salesman who screamed. 

Moonlight, saturday night 

It's now or never 

Oh play stormy weather, 

For me, for me. 

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I lived in the flower shop 

Called "love is so sweet!" 

And I get all my kicks 

From the customers' feet. 

Well, I'm just a stranger, 

None stranger than i. 

My head in the quicksand 

My feet in the sky. 

I was carefully crazy 

When playing the game. 

'cause business is business 

And I'm not to blame. 

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Climb on my back 

It's a wet afternoon; 

A bottle of booze, 

A bit of a tune to sing; 

Goodbye, everything; 

Goodbye, everything...