Another Green World [Album cover] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sky Saw All the clouds turn to words All the words float in sequence No one knows what they mean Everyone just ignores them [sung simultaneously] Mau Mau starter ching ching da da Daughter daughter dumpling data Pack and pick the ping-pong starter Carter Carter go get Carter Perigeeeeeee Open stick and delphic doldrums Open click and quantum data. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: Richard Poynor notes that the main lyric is almost a manifesto for Eno's lyrics after this point: "Since everyone just ignores the words anyway, says Eno, it makes no difference if they are meaningless", as indeed the counterpointed lyrics are: they are alliterative rather than semantic in construction. Eno was apparently inspired by a number of sources: the phonetic poetry of Hugo Ball and Kurt Schwitters, as well as Hilaire> -------------------------------------------------------- Transfer interrupted!