Artists
Musicians featured in this piece are:
Robert Fripp – guitar, Mellotron and electric piano
John Wetton – bass guitar and lead vocals
Bill Bruford – drums, timbales, cowbell and wood block
David Cross – violin, viola, Mellotron and electric piano
Jamie Muir – percussion and objects
The song’s lyrics were penned by Richard Palmer-James. Music composed by Robert Fripp and John Wetton.
King Crimson – Book Of Saturday Lyrics
If I only could deceive you
Forgetting the game
Every time I try to leave you
You laugh just the same
‘Cause my wheels never touch the road
And the jumble of lies we told
Just returns to my back to weigh me down
We lay cards upon the table
The backs of our hands
And I swear I like your people
The boys in the band
Reminiscences gone astray
Coming back to enjoy the fray
In a tangle of night and daylight sounds
doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
doo doo doo doo
All completeness in the morning
Asleep on your side
I’ll be waking up the crewmen
Banana-boat ride
She responds like limousine
Brought alive on the silent screen
To the shuddering breath of yesterday
There’s the succor of the needy
Incredible scenes
I’ll believe you in the future
Your life and death dreams
As the cavalry of despair
Takes a stand in the lady’s hair
For the favor of making sweet sixteen
You make my life and times
A book of bluesy Saturdays
And I have to choose
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