[ti:The Statues] [ar:Jake Thackray] [al:Jake In A Box (The EMI Recordings 1967-1976)] [offset:0] [00:01.26]The Statues - Jake Thackray [00:08.09]Closing time on Saturday it was dark. [00:10.39] [00:11.64]Me and Uncle Samuel were lying in the park, [00:14.29] [00:15.42]Toes towards the moonlight, [00:16.76]Noses in the flower beds. [00:18.81]But we know that what we saw, we saw. [00:21.39] [00:24.19]She was naked. She was cast in bronze, [00:26.71]In bronze, [00:27.82]Standing in the lake amidst the [00:29.73]Corporation swans. [00:30.56] [00:31.40]He was millstone grit. He was [00:33.50]Sir Robert Walpole. [00:34.44] [00:35.02]And we know that what we heard, [00:36.83]We heard. [00:37.47] [00:40.36]"Lady is the water cold tonight, [00:41.98] [00:43.29]Or does the silky moonlight warm [00:45.66]Your heart to me? [00:47.41]Or must I hanker for a hundred years again [00:50.34]And never-endingly gaze upon your flanks, [00:53.45]Your face?" [00:54.35]Well, me and my Uncle Sam, oh Constable, well, [00:59.62]We were [01:00.76]Right on her side. [01:02.85]Poor darling, she was shy and [01:05.44]She had her pride, and [01:08.16]Nowhere to hide. [01:10.17] [01:14.24]We were there: we saw the aged sire [01:17.46]Shaking with a century of petrified desire, [01:21.24]Climbing from his pedestal all stiff and sooty. [01:24.90]And we know that what we saw, we saw. [01:27.47] [01:30.23]He began to tremble and to sway-ay-ay. [01:33.58]We were drunk as penguins but [01:35.33]We saw him clear as day [01:37.27]Clumping to the water's edge, [01:38.91]Sir Robert Walpole, [01:41.25]And we know that what we heard, we heard. [01:43.57] [01:46.26]"Lady is the water cold tonight? [01:49.27]Is it the milky moonlight warms my heart to you? [01:53.27]Well let the devil take the park attendant first! [01:56.27]My heart may burst, so I'm not waiting any longer [01:59.94]Lady!" [02:00.88]Me and my Uncle Sam, Inspector, well, [02:05.51]Then we both got [02:07.24]To our feet. [02:07.99] [02:09.18]Poor darling she was sweet and not very old, [02:14.07]And awfully cold. [02:16.60] [02:22.28]We rolled up our sleeves, we got to work, [02:25.56]Went for him like buffaloes, [02:27.25]Like windmills goneberserk. [02:28.85]He fought like a tiger - we've got the scars [02:31.47]To prove it [02:32.67]And we know that what we've got we've got. [02:35.41] [02:38.11]We hung on like death, we did our best. [02:41.65]He was big and gritty and he fought like [02:43.85]One possessed [02:44.62] [02:45.28]He was much too good for us was [02:46.94]Robert Walpole, [02:48.25] [02:49.03]He put us down and out and he strode on. [02:51.22] [02:54.48]Lady was the water cold last night? [02:56.69] [02:57.25]Was it the creamy, dreamy moonlight [03:00.06]Warmed your heart? [03:00.96]Oh little nymph, we both did what we could, [03:04.34]But it's so strange: you're infinitely [03:07.07]Changed today. [03:08.25]Well, me and my Uncle Sam, your Worship, [03:13.39]Well, we both feel something's not right: [03:17.43]Today she wears a smile, her face is alight, [03:21.78]And her eyes are bright, [03:23.51] [03:27.84]Ever so bright, [03:33.24]Awfully bright. [03:36.30] [04:36.30] [04:36.80]