I'm a first-time buyer on the road Where a distant pericle mooched the woodworm and lay down Played out on a teak phonogram Under this northern sky On the steps down next to mine Flores polished brushes Mirror-bottom bottle glasses And the curious secret of a smile You loved them all the while Drown like a mole to a flame Look away or come what may If a game heart takes your calling She's on the piano without warning With a tune in her soul Doris has Jesus in tow Cherry in her dirty coat Here's an offering from above Water into wine, she said With Sunday best lips, orange red And the curious secret of a smile You loved them all the while Drown like a mole to a flame Look away or come what may Harry paints handsome nose Where yellow plastic flowers grow In a yard too dark for greens And leans hard on his dreams Glimpse by chance a glance See the club-footed man dance His world's unpainted masterpiece He takes a leak in the kitchen sink And the curious secret of a smile You loved them all the while Drown like a mole to a flame Look away or come what may One hour upon a stage Here framed and glazed In a doll's house seat Brown Jones and Robson in between And the curious secret of a smile You loved them all the while Drown like a mole to a flame Look away or come what may And the curious secret of a smile You loved them all the while Drown like a mole to a flame Look away or come what may