Shell Lyrics - Steve Kilbey

Hello sweet creature 

Won't you give me some bloodlike guarantee 

I've been listening to myself too long 

And they're making a prophet out of me 

I'm as empty as a shell can ever be 

I've been walking through the desert 

No it must have been the library 

Reading a book which once gave me hope 

Now it's making a fool out of me 

I'm as empty as a shell can ever be 

Lazy dreaming, half remembering, half remarking to myself 

Never noticed that the crowds were leaving 

Never looked for anyone else 

Now it's market day almost every day 

Yet they give away their love for free 

I'm just waiting for a ship to come 

And it's making a slave out of me 

I'm as empty as a shell can ever be 

Lazy dreaming, half remembering, half remarking to myself 

Never noticed that the crowds were leaving 

Never looked for anyone else 

Hello sweet creature 

Won't you give me some bloodlike guarantee 

I've been listening to myself too long 

I've been walking through the desert 

Must have been the library