The Carpet Crawlers (Live from De Montfort Hall, Leicester, 21st January 1977)

[Verse 1]

The crawlers cover the floor

In the red ochre corridor

For my second sight of people

They've more lifeblood than before

They're moving in time

To a heavy wooden door

Where the needle's eye is winking

Closing on the poor

[Chorus]

The carpet crawlers heed their callers

"We've got to get in to get out, out

We've got to get in to get out, out

We'vе got to get in to get out"

[Verse 2]

Therе's only one direction

In the faces that I see

And it's upward to that ceiling

Where the chamber's said to be

Like the forest fight for sunlight

That takes root in every tree

They are pulled up by the magnet

Believing they're free

[Chorus]

The carpet crawlers heed their callers

"We've got to get in to get out, out

We've got to get in to get out, out

We've got to get in to get out"

[Verse 3]

Mild mannered supermen

Are held in kryptonite

And the wise and foolish virgins giggle

With their bodies glowing bright

And through the door, a harvest feast

Is lit by candlelight

It's the bottom of a staircase

That spirals out of sight

[Chorus]

The carpet crawlers heed their callers, oh

"We've got to get in to get out, out

We've got to get in to get out, out

We've got to get in to get out"

[Verse 4]

The porcelain mannequin

With shattered skin fears attack

And the eager pack lift up their pitchers

They carry all they lack

The liquid has congealed

Which has seeped out through the crack

And the tickler takes his stickleback

Back, back, back, back, back, back

[Chorus]

The carpet crawlers heed their callers, oh

"We've got to get in to get out, out

We've got to get in to get out, out

We've got to get in to get out"

[Bridge]

We've got to get in to get out

We've got to get in to get out

D'you know, you know, we've got to get in to get out

Get out, get out, get out

No, no, we've got to get in to get out

Get out

Yes, we've got to get in to get out

Get out, get out

[Chorus]

The carpet crawlers heed their callers

"We've got to get in to get out, out

We've got to get in to get out, out

We've got to get in to get out"