Rook Lyrics - Nonsuch - Xtc

Rook, rook, read from your book 

Who murders who and where is the treasure hid? 

Crow, crow, spill all you know 

Is that my name on the bell? 

Rook, rook, gaze in the brook 

If there's a secret, can I be part of it? 

Crow, crow, before I'll let go 

Say, is that my name on the bell? 

Soar up high, see the semaphore from the washing lines 

Break the code of the whispering chimneys and traffic signs 

What's the message that's written under the base of clouds? 

Plans eternal, I know you know, so don't blurt out loud 

Rook, rook, by hook or by crook 

I'll make you tell me 

What this whole thing's about 

Crow, crow, why can't you show 

If that's my name on the bell? 

On the wings of night, I fly too, above field and stream 

My head bursting with knowledge 'til I wake from the dream 

If I die and I find that I had a soul inside 

Promise me that you'll take it up on its final ride 

Rook, rook, gaze in the brook 

If there's a secret, can I be part of it? 

Crow, crow, before I'll let go 

Say is that my name on the bell? 

Is that my name on the bell?