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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Bill Bruford
Bill Bruford
Drums
David Cross
David Cross
Keyboards
John Wetton
John Wetton
Bass Guitar
Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp
Electric Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
John Wetton
John Wetton
Composer
Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp
Composer
Richard Palmer-James
Richard Palmer-James
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
David Singleton
David Singleton
Mastering Engineer
George Chkiantz
George Chkiantz
Engineer
King Crimson
King Crimson
Producer
Neil Wilkes
Neil Wilkes
Mastering Engineer
Peter Henderson
Peter Henderson
Assistant Engineer
Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp
Mastering Engineer
Simon Heyworth
Simon Heyworth
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

Health-food faggot with a bartered bride
Likes to comb his hair with a dipper ride
Once had a friend with a cloven foot
Once he called the tune in a chequered suit
Great Deceiver
In the door on the floor in a paper bag
There's a shoe-shine boy with a gin-shop slag
She raised him up and she called him son
And she canonised the ground that he walked upon
Great Deceiver
Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cigarettes, ice cream, cadillacs blue jeans
In the night he's a star in the Milky Way
He's a man of the world by the light of day
A golden smile and a proposition
And the breath of God smells of sweet sedition
Great Deceiver
Sing hymns make love get high fall dead
He'll bring his perfume to your bed
He'll charm your life 'til the cold winds blow
Then he'll sell your dreams to a picture show
Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cadillacs, blue jeans, dixieland playing on the ferry
Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cadillacs, blue jeans, dixieland playing on the ferry
Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cadillacs, blue jeans, dixieland playing on the ferry
Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the Virgin Mary
Camel hair, Brylcreem, drop a glass full of antique sherry
Written by: John Wetton, Richard Palmer-James, Robert Fripp
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