your multilingual business friend
has packed her bags and fled
leaving only ashfilled ashtrays
and the lipstick unmade bed
the mirror on reflection
has climbed back upon the wall
for the floor she found descended
and the ceiling was too tall
your trouser cuffs are dirty
and your shoes are laced up wrong
you’d better take off your homburg
’cause your overcoat is too long
town clock in the market square
stands waiting for the hour
when its hands they both turn backward
and on meeting will devour
both themselves and also any fool
who dares to tell the time
and the sun and moon will shadow
and the signpost cease to sign
your trouser cuffs are dirty
and your shoes are laced up wrong
you’d better take off your homburg
’cause your overcoat is too long
your trouser cuffs are dirty
and your shoes are laced up wrong
you’d better take off your homburg
’cause your overcoat is too long
oh your trouser cuffs are dirty
and your shoes are laced up wrong
you’d better take off your homburg
’cause your overcoat is too long
your trouser cuffs are dirty
Artist: Procol Harum
Year: 1967
Decade: 60s
Language: en
Word Count: 98