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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
ICEHOUSE
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Iva Davies
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Iva Davies
Producer
Keith Forsey
Producer
Lyrics
The soldiers standing on the shore
Take up their golden shields
You watch them from your room
High on the city walls
In the distance on the shifting sea
A thousand coloured sails
Is this the moment you made?
Is this the way that you planned?
You know it won't be long now
The finest treasures of kings
All of those precious things
They never tempted you
So, as you stood in the ruins
How could you dare to look on
As they burned for you?
The broken pieces of clay
And the palest eyes painted in Trojan blue
You remember how it used to be
When you were just a girl
Nothing really mattered then
You can remember so well
How you used to hold your head so high
Those days will never return
The finest treasures of kings
All of those precious things
They never tempted you
So, as you stood in the ruins
How could you dare to look on
As they burned for you?
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm
The broken pieces of clay
And the palest eyes painted in Trojan blue
Dust is drifting in the evening air
'Cross the field below
The silver mirror you hold
Will never tell
You turn your face away
The finest treasures of kings
All of those precious things
They never tempted you
So, as you stood in the ruins
How could you dare to look on
As they burned for you?
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
The broken pieces of clay
And the palest eyes painted in Trojan blue
The broken pieces of clay
And the palest eyes painted in Trojan blue
Written by: Ivor Arthur Davies