Balu - Elbow

Lyrics by：Craig Potter/Guy Garvey/Mark Potter/Pete Turner/Alex Reeves

Composed by：Craig Potter/Guy Garvey/Mark Potter/Pete Turner/Alex Reeves

Produced by：Craig Potter

Oh my big Balu with my wine I pine for you

My days are shapeless now

I'm something of a sacred cow

But sunrise on those gum balls

Bouncing around Manhattan

Saw the Magi sleep on a subway train

And the start of an elegant pattern

You carried me over the threshold

You were the B of the bang of the binge

'Til I split for a tryst with

A rust belt girl with a Plantagenet fringe

And oh do I miss you Balu

With your bookmark heart

And your bible of Sign o' the Times

I'll dig you back up when they kill you

And hollow your skull for my wine

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Oh my big Balu

I saw you walking on the moon

I didn't wind my window down

I didn't wind my window down

But forever old man we're children of Pan

Drones just don't understand

There's nothing amiss that cannae be fixed

By a bottle of fire and a band

I'll never be whole without you

But I'll never grow in your shadow

Meccano Mikado m'laddo

If you can't reach for

The next branch up

I'll sing to you

About the view

I'll sing to you Balu

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I'll sing to you about the view Balu

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