Only the Stones Remain Releases Gigs Lyrics

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Author
Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 355 times, most recently at Robyn & Emma's house on February 19, 2025. He first performed it at The Africa Centre on May 22, 1980, 44 years and 8 months earlier.

Lyrics

Men were executed, women bled
Beads and fish changed hands and
Children stayed up late
Uh huh

Coloured drums expressed the night
The taxidermist was looking for a fight
But now he's gone
Ah yeah, only the stones remain

Girls were decked with flowers and violated while
Boys spat juice from out of their fresh young bulbs
Soldiers crossed their hearts and died and
Pretty girls turned cold inside
But now they're gone
Only the stones remain
Oh they're gone, yeah
Only the stones remain

And the stones have forgotten them
The stones have forgotten them

They break your body and drain the life out of it
It sinks into the soil while the soul flies up into the air above
And when there's no more tears to cry, there's
Nothing left to do but laugh
Stained glass elabourations collapse and candyfloss evaporates, honey
Only the stones remain, here they go
Ah yeah, only the stones remain

Now they're gone
Ah yeah, only the stones remain
Ah yeah, only the stones remain

<Alternates>
Girls were decked with flowers and ovulated while
Colored drums expressed the night
There's a taxidermist grinnin' with delight

<Notes>
Candyfloss: cotton candy