The Zookeeper's Boy
by Mew

Album: And the Glass Handed Kites (2005)
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  • Are you my lady, are you?

    If I don't make it back from the city
    Then it is only because I am drawn away
    For you see
    Evidently there's a dark storm come
    And the chain on my swing is squeeking like a mouse

    So are you my lady, are you?
    The rain, the rain, the rain is falling down
    The cars remain

    You're tall just like a giraffe
    You have to climb to find its head
    But if there's a glitch
    You're an ostrich
    You've got your head in the sand

    In a submersible I can hardly breathe
    As it takes me inside, so the light sings
    Answer me truthfully
    Do the clouds kiss you
    With meringue-coloured hair
    I know they cannot

    So are you my lady, are you?
    The rain, the rain, the rain is falling down
    The cars remain

    Santa Ana winds bring seasickness
    Zookeeper hear me out
    How dare you go?
    Cold in the rain

    Tall just like a giraffe
    You have to climb to find its head
    But if there's a glitch
    You're an ostrich
    You've got your head in the sand

    Are you my lady, are you?
    The rain, the rain, the rain is falling down
    The cars remain
    I could not be seen with you
    Working half the time and looking fine
    In cars re-made Writer/s: BO RUNE MADSEN, JOHAN HASLUND WOHLERT, JONAS BJERRE TERKELSBOEL, SILAS UTKE GRAAE JOERGENSEN
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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