Cock of the Rainbow

by Robert Pollard

From the album: From a Compound Eye

Track 17 of 26 on From a Compound Eye (2006).

Duration: 1:41

From a Compound Eye cover art

Lyrics for Cock of the Rainbow

Go when you go to the top of the rainbow Crow when you crow like the cock of the rainbow Know we trust you with our lives Sly for the grist we have come to the turnstile Blind like a lizard on the top of the sun dial Look! It's smiling at our wives

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