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PERFORMING ARTISTS
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Performer
Mike Thorne
Mike Thorne
Keyboards
Colin Newman
Colin Newman
Vocals
Graham Lewis
Graham Lewis
Bass
Robert Selwyn Grey
Robert Selwyn Grey
Percussion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Colin Newman
Colin Newman
Composer
Graham Lewis
Graham Lewis
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mike Thorne
Mike Thorne
Producer

Lyrics

n unseen ruler defines with geometry
An unrulable expanse of geography
An aerial photographer over-exposed
To the cartologist's 2D images knows
The areas where the water flowed
So petrified, the landscape grows
Straining eyes try to understand
The works, incessantly in hand
The carving and paring of the land
The quarter square, the graph divides
Beneath the rule a country hides
Interrupting my train of thought
Lines of longitude and latitude
Define and refine my altitude
The curtain's undrawn
Harness fitted, no escape
Common and peaceful, duck, flat, lowland
Landscape, canal, canard, water coloured
Crystal palaces for floral kings
A well-known waving span of wings
Witness the sinking of the sun
A deep breath of submission has begun
Written by: Bruce Gilbert, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Robert Gotobed

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