Ballad of a Salesman Who Sold Himself

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Kevin Ayers

Kevin Ayers (born 16 August 1944 in Herne Bay, Kent) is an English singer-songwriter and was a major influential force in the English psychedelic movement. BBC DJ John Peel wrote in his autobiography that "Kevin Ayers' talent is so acute you could perform major eye surgery with it." more »


Year:
1999
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There was moonlight and laughter
That danced on the sands 
And bloodstained pianos 
Are played without hands

Such a promising music
Sweet whispers and dreams 
From a traveling window, 
The salesman who screamed.

Moonlight, Saturday night
It`s now or never
Oh play Stormy Weather, 
for me, for me.

I lived in the flower shop 
Called "Love is So Sweet!"
And I get all my kicks
From the customers` feet.

Well, I`m just a stranger,
None stranger than I.
My head in the quicksand
My feet in the sky.

I was carefully crazy 
When playing the game.
`Cause business is business
And I`m not to blame.

Climb on my back
It`s a wet afternoon ;
A bottle of booze,
A bit of a tune to sing;
Goodbye, everything;
Goodbye, everything....

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Written by: KEVIN CAWLEY AYERS

Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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