Chinese Bones Lyrics - Singles - Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians

Watching Romeo dissolve I was tempted to join him 

By the mirror of the lake where the statues unfurled 

I had never seen a man so abuse his reflection 

As the light shines through your Chinese bones 

Watching Juliet un-robe I would hasten toward her 

But around her feet I sat that her serpent was curled 

And her eyeballs had rolled up so her pupils had vanished 

And the light shines through your Chinese bones 

As the light shines through your Chinese bones 

I met an interesting dwarf and I told him a story 

As he walked towards the east then the shadow was right 

Something Shakespeare never said was You've got to be kidding 

As the light shines through your Chinese bones 

As the light shines through your Chinese bones 

The line between us is so thin I might as well be you 

And everywhere I've ever been I know you're going to 

Chinese bones, Chinese bones