Robyn Hitchcock Building From The Ruins Lyrics

I met an ugly man
His face was raw
He said demolition is
9/10ths of the law
I pulled my thermometer
From his silent head
You don't get a reading
When the patient is dead

How you getting out of here alive?
There's nothing on the surface
And there's nothing underneath
How you getting out of here alive?
I miss democracy like my
Wisdom teeth

Building from the ruins
Building from the ruins

We're in this together
We're in this apart
I'm always writing to
The devil in your heart
If there's a devil he will
Steal it all
Just to keep himself
From feeling small

How you getting out of here alive?
I don't know baby, how?

Human nature has some
Horrible flaws
And one of them has got me Right between its jaws

Building from the ruins
Building from the ruins
Building from the ruins

I say pistachio
You say doubloons
We polish our reflections
In each other's spoons
The universe is thirsting in its
Deep black holes
Our best defence is to just
Share our goals

Parallel dimensions wait
With bated breath
For the liberation that
Some call death

How you getting out of here alive?

On a sea of mirrors
In a grail-shaped cup

How you getting out of here alive?

Me and my thermometer
We never give up
'Cause we're just

Building from the ruins
Building from the ruins
Building from the ruins
Building from the ruins

Ah ah ah ah ah