Procol Harum Lyrics

Album: Prodigal Stranger

Perpetual motion Lyrics

(G.Brooker / K.Reid / M.Noble) 

Rings around the crescent moon 

Passions rise from basement rooms 

Fountains play and worlds collide 

We gently swing and sway from side to side 

Dancers in perpetual motion 

Slip an' sliding across the floor 

Ships our on a moonlit ocean 

Sailin' t'ward a distant shore 

Star-crossed lovers they spoon and swim 

The laughing gods they just reel them in 

Hostages they're tempting fate 

See them wait down on the line to take the bait 

Dancers in perpetual motion 

Slip an' sliding across the floor 

Ships our on a moonlit ocean 

Sailin' t'ward a distant shore 

The simple stuff we build our dreams upon 

Waxing, waning, now it's almost gone 

Passion plays the sweetest tune 

These velvet days are gone far too soon 

Dancers in perpetual motion 

Slip an' sliding across the floor 

Ships our on a moonlit ocean 

Sailin' t'ward a distant shore 

We spend our nights on silken sheets 

We play for gold but not for keeps 

Dancers in perpetual motion 

Slip an' sliding across the floor 

Ships our on a moonlit ocean 

Sailin' t'ward a distant shore