Smell Of Petroleum Lyrics - Pogues

The Shaman came calling 

He was howling at the moon 

He offered me a vision 

On the end of a silver spoon 

He said he'd give me dreams 

That all were in his powers 

If only I would follow him 

The universe was ours 

Walked a thin white line to the coffin club 

Downstairs from the devils den 

Had a large double Jesus 

Chased down with a shot of zen 

The last thing I remember 

Was lying in the tank 

And when I came around again 

Everything was blank 

Floating high above the world 

Out on the astral plane 

I'm bouncing like a pinball 

He's busy being born again 

I met God on Primrose Hill 

That's where he came to me 

He stepped out of his saucer 

And I got down on my knees 

From his lips came just one world 

He left me all aglow 

I sat down and had a smoke 

And watched the flowers grow 

The bats are in the beifry 

And the bubbles in the bong 

The secret of the universe 

Is hidden in this song 

The Shaman left a crawling 

As the dawn broke the gloom 

Talking in some other tongue 

And laughing like a loon 

The early morning sunlight 

Splashed colors on the wall 

And I don't know if it ever 

Really happened at all 

The bats are in beifry 

And the bubbles in the bong 

The molecules inside my head 

Are chiming like a gong 

The bats are in the beifry 

And the bubbles in a bong 

The secret of the universe 

Is hidden in this song