XTC — Millions

[Verse 1] We smelled your soup on the fire cooking We saw your toys and your pencils looking bright So bright and yet they come from, oh, so far away [Verse 2] We heard your flags and your banners flapping We felt the air from your hands, all clapping time In time, I'm sure your time is not so far away [Chorus] Millions, all moving forward Millions, all babbling crossword Millions, all flow as water Millions, all bright with laughter He make you glowing He bake you golden Like the Yangtze mud [Verse 3] I saw your writing on paper landing Your stamps showed bridges and temples standing still So still, and yet they're standing, oh, so far away [Verse 4] I saw you asking for Western thinking I say it's poison that you'll be drinking Stay as east, as far away as dreams will let you be [Chorus] Millions, all moving forward Millions, all babbling crossword Millions, all flow as water Millions, all bright with laughter He make you glowing He bake you golden Like the Yangtze mud [Instrumental break] [Chorus] Millions, all moving forward Millions, all babbling crossword Millions, all flow as water Millions, all bright with laughter He make you glowing He bake you golden Like the Yangtze mud [Instrumental outro]