CRIMSON SHIP (Tom Evans/Pete Ham)
[from Magic Christian Music LP - recorded 1969 - released U.S. 1970]
[from Magic Christian Music CD - recorded 1969 - released U.S. 1991]
[from Magic Christian Music remastered CD - recorded 1969 - released U.S. 2010]

My life was coloured, painting pictures out of tune
He came from nowhere in a song
It might have been the way I laughed, he made the jokes
Could only show me what was wrong

He took me flying on his crimson ship
He never left me his number
He took me flying on his crimson ship
Then he was gone and I wondered

Who put the noughts on all the crosses on the hill?
Why did the old man wash his hands?
Who grew the flower that was big enough to kill?
And blew the trumpet in the band, a-and

He took me flying on his crimson ship
He never left me his number
He took me flying on his crimson ship
Then he was gone and I wondered

Oh-oh, oh-oh

When they were busy throwing kisses at the moon
A father lost his mother's son
And though they knew the resurrection would be soon
The time was spent, they carried on, o-on

He took me flying on his crimson ship
He never left me his number
He took me flying on his crimson ship
Then he was gone and I wondered

Wondered [repeat and fade].

lyrics transcribed by Tom Brennan
thanks to Dan Matovina and Ian Drummond for corrections

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