The Musical Box

Song The Musical Box
Artist Genesis
Album Greatest Hits

Lyrics

[00:00.00] Written:Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford/Phillips
[00:02.91] While Henry Hamilton-Smythe minor (8) was playing croquet with
[00:13.35] Cynthia Jane De Blaise-William (9), sweet-smiling Cynthia raised
[00:14.67] her mallet high and gracefully removed Henry's head. Two weeks
[00:15.96] later, in Henry's nursery, she discovered his treasured musical
[00:17.46] box. Eagerly she opened it and as "Old King Cole" began to play,
[00:20.10] a small spirit- figure appeared. Henry had returned - but not for
[00:21.75] long, for as he stood in the room his body began ageing rapidly,
[00:23.10] leaving a child's mind inside. A lifetime's desires surged through
[00:24.39] him. Unfortunately the attempt to persuade Cynthia Jane to fulfill
[00:27.39] his romantic desire led his nurse to the nursery to investigate
[00:28.89] the noise. Instinctively Nanny hurled the musical box at the
[00:30.24] bearded child, destroying both.
[00:30.87] Play me Old King Cole
[00:31.44] That I may join with you,
[00:31.89] All your hearts now seem so far from me
[00:34.08] It hardly seems to matter now.
[00:48.24] And the nurse will tell you lies
[00:48.84] Of a kingdom beyond the skies.
[00:55.08] But I am lost within this half-world,
[01:03.81] It hardly seems to matter now.
[01:12.21] Play me my song.
[01:13.29] Here it comes again.
[01:18.81] Play me my song.
[01:20.01] Here it comes again.
[01:45.21] Just a little bit,
[01:48.63] Just a little bit more time,
[01:52.32] Time left to live out my life.
[03:22.14] Play me my song.
[03:23.16] Here it comes again.
[03:28.83] Play me my song.
[03:30.03] Here it comes again.
[05:05.97] Old King Cole was a merry old soul,
[05:09.48] And a merry old soul was he.
[05:10.05] So he called for his pipe,
[05:17.79] And he called for his bowl,
[05:22.86] And he called for his fiddlers three.
[05:28.05] But the clock, tick-tock,
[05:31.86] On the mantlepiece -
[07:17.28] And I want, and I feel, and I know, and I touch,
[07:18.12] Her warmth...
[07:46.29] She's a lady, she's got time,
[07:51.21] Brush back your hair, and let me get to know your face.
[08:12.84] She's a lady, she is mine.
[08:21.18] Brush back your hair, and let me get to know your flesh.
[08:39.36] I've been waiting here for so long
[08:45.90] And all this time has passed me by
[08:48.69] It doesn't seem to matter now
[09:01.20] You stand there with your fixed expression
[09:06.42] Casting doubt on all I have to say.
[09:14.28] Why don't you touch me, touch me,
[09:16.35] Why don't you touch me, touch me,
[09:19.95] Touch me now, now, now, now, now...

Pinyin

[00:00.00] Written: Banks Collins Gabriel Hackett Rutherford Phillips
[00:02.91] While Henry HamiltonSmythe minor 8 was playing croquet with
[00:13.35] Cynthia Jane De BlaiseWilliam 9, sweetsmiling Cynthia raised
[00:14.67] her mallet high and gracefully removed Henry' s head. Two weeks
[00:15.96] later, in Henry' s nursery, she discovered his treasured musical
[00:17.46] box. Eagerly she opened it and as " Old King Cole" began to play,
[00:20.10] a small spirit figure appeared. Henry had returned but not for
[00:21.75] long, for as he stood in the room his body began ageing rapidly,
[00:23.10] leaving a child' s mind inside. A lifetime' s desires surged through
[00:24.39] him. Unfortunately the attempt to persuade Cynthia Jane to fulfill
[00:27.39] his romantic desire led his nurse to the nursery to investigate
[00:28.89] the noise. Instinctively Nanny hurled the musical box at the
[00:30.24] bearded child, destroying both.
[00:30.87] Play me Old King Cole
[00:31.44] That I may join with you,
[00:31.89] All your hearts now seem so far from me
[00:34.08] It hardly seems to matter now.
[00:48.24] And the nurse will tell you lies
[00:48.84] Of a kingdom beyond the skies.
[00:55.08] But I am lost within this halfworld,
[01:03.81] It hardly seems to matter now.
[01:12.21] Play me my song.
[01:13.29] Here it comes again.
[01:18.81] Play me my song.
[01:20.01] Here it comes again.
[01:45.21] Just a little bit,
[01:48.63] Just a little bit more time,
[01:52.32] Time left to live out my life.
[03:22.14] Play me my song.
[03:23.16] Here it comes again.
[03:28.83] Play me my song.
[03:30.03] Here it comes again.
[05:05.97] Old King Cole was a merry old soul,
[05:09.48] And a merry old soul was he.
[05:10.05] So he called for his pipe,
[05:17.79] And he called for his bowl,
[05:22.86] And he called for his fiddlers three.
[05:28.05] But the clock, ticktock,
[05:31.86] On the mantlepiece
[07:17.28] And I want, and I feel, and I know, and I touch,
[07:18.12] Her warmth...
[07:46.29] She' s a lady, she' s got time,
[07:51.21] Brush back your hair, and let me get to know your face.
[08:12.84] She' s a lady, she is mine.
[08:21.18] Brush back your hair, and let me get to know your flesh.
[08:39.36] I' ve been waiting here for so long
[08:45.90] And all this time has passed me by
[08:48.69] It doesn' t seem to matter now
[09:01.20] You stand there with your fixed expression
[09:06.42] Casting doubt on all I have to say.
[09:14.28] Why don' t you touch me, touch me,
[09:16.35] Why don' t you touch me, touch me,
[09:19.95] Touch me now, now, now, now, now...