Mother Whale Eyeless Lyrics - Brian Eno

I can think of nowhere I would rather be 

Reading morning papers, drinking morning tea: 

She clutches the tray 

And then we talk just like a kitchen sink play 

Nothing ventured, nothing gained. 

Living so close to danger, 

Even your friends are strangers 

Don't count upon their company. 

This is for the fingers, 

This is for the nails: 

Hidden in the kitchen, 

Right behind the scales. 

What do I care? 

I'm wasting fingers like I had them to spare, 

Plugging holes in the Zuider Zee. 

Punishing Paul for Peter, 

Don't ever trust those meters 

What you believe is what you see. 

In my town, there is a raincoat under a tree. 

In the sky, there is a cloud containing the sea. 

In the sea, there is a whale without any eyes. 

In the whale, there is a man without his raincoat. 

In another country, with another name 

Maybe things are different, maybe they're the same.