Porcelain - The Clientele

A darker garden this, though pale with beauty

In the louring of the rain

How I long to break the silence

Where the moths and tigers play

Driving through the forest in the empty afternoon

A Japanese car stalled inside a glade

But the world is porcelain

Yes, the world is porcelain

And the quiet nights with the friend who could not stay

Left the future all sundazed

Alice, Jude and Laura singing

All our friends have come to stay

They are laughing in the sunlight

Where the criss-cross fountains play

Sunlight on the empty house and sunlight on the fields

The cul-de-sac, the law, the tracks, the lane

But the world is porcelain

Yes, the world is porcelain

Still the evening will not come here

And the stones are cracked and warm

And the pool is filled with sunlight

Still the evening will not come