The Owl

by Slapp Happy & Henry Cow

From the album: Desperate Straights

Track 13 of 24 on Desperate Straights (1975).

Duration: 2:14

Desperate Straights cover art

Lyrics for The Owl

When the day is gone see him waking From now until the dawn, time is his And from the bough he starts his silent glide From the thicket to the ground With eyes that see all And haunted call Finds palace on a hill All is still Wings through an archway, settles on the steps See the marble in the moonlight ? ? When the sky (has/is)? Seek your home And o'er the valley in the misty morn See his shadow he is gone

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  3. Half Way There
  4. Michaelangelo
  5. Dawn
  6. Mr. Rainbow
  7. The Secret
  8. A Little Something
  9. The Drum
  10. Haiku
  11. Slow Moon's Rose
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  13. The Owl
  14. A Worm Is At Work
  15. Bad Alchemy
  16. Europa
  17. Desperate Straights
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  19. Apes In Capes
  20. Strayed
  21. Giants
  22. Extract From The Messiah
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