Surf's Up

A diamond necklace played the pawn Hand in hand some drummed along, oh To a handsome man and baton (Bygone, bygone) A blind class aristocracy Back through the opera glass you see The pit and the pendulum drawn (Bygone, bygone) Columnated ruins domino Canvass the town and brush the backdrop Are you sleeping? Hung velvet overtaken me Dim chandelier awaken me To a song dissolved in the dawn (Bygone, bygone) The music hall, a costly bow The music, all is lost for now To a muted trumperter swan (Bygone, bygone) Columnated ruins domino Canvass the town and brush the backdrop Are you sleeping, Brother John? Dove-nested towers the hour was Strike the street quicksilver moon Carriage across the fog Two-step to lamp lights cellar tune The laughs come hard in Auld Lang Syne The glass was raised, the fired rose The fullness of the wine, the dim last toasting While at port, adieu or die A choke of grief heart hardened I Beyond belief, a broken man too tough to cry Surf's up, mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm Aboard a tidal wave Come about hard and join The young and often spring you gave I heard the word Wonderful thing A children's song A children's song (Child, child, child, the child is father of the man) Have you listened as they played? (Child, child, child, the child is father of the man) Their song is love (Child, child, child, the child is father of the man) And the children know the way (Child, child, child, the child is father of the man) A children's song (Child, child, child, the child is father of the man) Have you listened as they played? (That's why the child is father of the man) Their song is love (Child, child, child, the child is father of the man) And the children know the way (Child, child, child, the child is father of the man) A child