Van der Graaf Generator — Chemical World

[Verse 1] "Well what's the harm? It's good clean fun... Why don't you just go on and have another one? When there's hanky-panky in the boardroom Wooly-bully on the farm, well, what's the harm? It's quite alright - I mean to say, tomorrow's just another day..." [Verse 2] Oh, but in the morning Oh, but in the morning haze Will you still feel as fine? Will you still need to trade day for night? [Break] [Verse 3] In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king; In the country of the sheep, they call him Cyclops And the quality of mind is such a tenuous thing That here you need it like a blind man needs eye drops Get out of that back room This vacuum, it attracts you, but in fact You just don't know quite what it is; You're being sapped of everything You once valued so highly... Will you still feel as strong? Will you still long for weakness to come? [Chorus] It's a Chemical World... (It's a Chemical World...) (It's a Chemical World...) (It's a Chemical World...) (It's a Chemical World...) (It's a Chemical World...) (It's a Chemical World...) [Post-Chorus 1] Not a candidate ever fails; (It's a Chemical World...) Though you search for the Holy Grail You're not going to find it in the Chemical World [Verse 4] A sleeper train... You can't escape; Fast overnight... The ticker-tape Oh, but in the morning Oh, but in the morning haze Will the market have turned? Will there be no more days left to trade? [Chorus 2] In the Chemical World (It's a Chemical World...) (It's a Chemical World...) (It's a Chemical World...) (It's a Chemical World...) (It's a Chemical World...) (It's a Chemical World...) [Post-Chorus 2] And from the moment that it's embraced It's the Chemical World All the diamonds turn to paste In the Chemical World... Yeah, you think you'll look so pretty - It's gonna blow up in your face [Outro] "It's just the time, so slow to pass It's just the drug... It doesn't last..."