This Could Be The Day

by Robyn Hitchcock

From the album: I Often Dream of Trains

Track 8 of 14 on I Often Dream of Trains (1984).

Duration: 2:46

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Lyrics for This Could Be The Day

This could be the day I've waited for all my life And it's coming true This could be the day I've waited for all my life And it looks like you Bells of fire hissing through The dark and tropical night Thrown by Nubian slaves This could be the night I've waited for all my frum- -py little life This could be the night I cut a malignant growth With a steel knife Tongues of fire hissing through The dark and tropical night Thrown by Nubian slaves This could be the train I've waited for all my life Coming 'round the bend This could be the chain that fettered me all my life Coming to an end I always bowed and curtsied I held the candle high And I blessed your valuable feet As they went by Tongues of fire hissing through The dark and tropical night Thrown by Nubian slaves

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More from I Often Dream of Trains

  1. Nocturne (Prelude)
  2. Sometimes I Wish I Was a Pretty Girl
  3. Cathedral
  4. Uncorrected Personality Traits
  5. Sounds Great When You're Dead
  6. Flavour of Night
  7. Ye Sleeping Nights of Jesus
  8. This Could Be The Day
  9. Trams of Old London
  10. Furry Green Atom Bowl
  11. Heart Full of Leaves
  12. Autumn Is Your Last Chance
  13. I Often Dream of Trains
  14. Nocturne (Demise)