The Amorous Humphrey Plugg Lyrics - Scott 2 - Scott Walker

Hello Mr. Big Shot 

Say, you're looking smart 

I've had a tiring day 

I took the kids along to the park 

You've become a stranger 

Every night with the boys 

Got a new suit 

That old smile's come back 

And I kiss the children good night 

And I slip away on the newly waxed floor 

I've become a giant 

I fill every street 

I dwarf the rooftops 

I hunchback the moon 

Stars dance at my feet 

Leave it all behind me 

Screaming kids on my knee 

And the telly swallowing me 

And the neighbor shouting next door 

And the subway trembling the roller-skate floor 

I seek the buildings blazing with moonlight 

In Channing Way 

Their very eyes seem to suck you in with their laughter 

They seem to say 

You're all right now 

So stop a while behind our smile 

In Channing Way 

Oh to die of kisses 

Ecstasies and charms 

Pavements of poets will write that I died 

In nine angel's arms 

And they all were smiling 

Still seductive as sin in their eyes 

The man I had been 

No more hard luck stories to wear 

Nothing left to give 

Why the hell should I care 

Ann knows my smile and buries my shadow 

In Channing Way 

And with her cellophane sighs 

Corrina the candle 

Begs me to stay 

You're all right now 

So stop a while behind our smile 

In Channing Way