作曲 : Harvey, McKenna THE TALE O F THEGIANT STONE EATE RCOMMENTAT OR: Hear this the tale of the giant stone eater GIRL: Gather round boys and girls and listen MAN: To the tale of the giant stone eaterand how the earth was ravagedduring the years of the great stone shortage... COMMENTATO R: Raised the price of diesel oiland yellow painted signs zigzaggedblack lines of warning...... GIRL & MAN: Another tree dies of shame..... MAN: Sudden-savage-shining-solid-soiled-solid-sanded Steel-shuddering-shattering-shovelling until the Sabre toothed rooter roots the earth The eater eats his fill and is not satisfied and Roars and reves his mathematical rageon the footprints of Vikingstrapped on a sonic tape recorderten million years old, ten million years old, ten million years old. GIRL: A broken antler points the way to the still pondwhere reflections of bonnie Prince Charlie lies wounded in theshallow water sun shining on chrome surfacesprotecting the tales of a grandfather -march on! GIRL & MAN: Journeys unstarted measure space for future parking lots Journeys unstarted measure space Journeys unstarted measure space for the future COMMENTATO R: And - underneath a million tons of cold lavaa brontasaurus lies wrong way up. GIRL: Right way straight ahead MAN: Hamburgers at the barn dance tonight! COMMENTATO R: Average speed 100 mphsixteen lane highways cross the meadows GIRL: Plastic space agents selling candy-floss contracts ALL TOGETH ER: Bells ringing "ring ring" split, grind and grovel Lost iron relics ringing on the cold stone GIRL: A spated river flows up hilldirections change in the New Age rain on Tuesdays... COMMENTATO R: Thursdays guaranteed dry!... Guaranteed dry while handmade golf coursesweary of trickery and fraud Grey slates remain grey slates -floods as required life silently reforms in the pools of stagnation. Each layer a civilisation - buy your own layer The eater eats again retches roars and vomitshis computerised future is bright with security Headshrinkers analyse the unknown.... Meanwhile another tree dies of shame ALL TOGETH ER: And another tree dies of shame.....