The Church - Autumn Soon - 1983

From - Autumn Soon S. Kilbey (Sony/ATV Music Publishing Pty Ltd.) Appears On: Seance (1983) - EMI Australia 2002 Remaster, CD 2, Track 2 Seance (1983) - Second Motion Records 2010 Reissue, Track 12 Hindsight 1980-1987 (1988), Disc 2, Track 3 Electric Lash single B-side on: 7“ EMI Parlophone A1034 (Australia) - September 1983 7“ EMI Parlophone A1034 (Australia Promo) It’s No Reason single B-side on: 12“ Carrere CART 336 (UK) - August 1984 Lyrics (unofficial) [rev. July 22, 2003] The puppetmaster understands the need The jury needs to feel the greed And seeds revolve and grow and bleed Daytime sees a newer breed The underlife tick tocks Pushing through my safe ideas Goodbye heroica you overdosed on years And I ask you for a midnight, you give me a high noon When winter puts her hands on you It must be autumn soon Whatever happened to the leaves that used to fall And where’s the candle I left spluttering in the hall And what’s the meaning of the siren’s call I blame it on you all The underlife tick tocks And chimes away between Goodbye heroica, you’re not needed for this scene And the flaming dying sunset has collapsed like a balloon When winter puts her hands on you It must be autumn soon I thought I heard her voice upon the tide It was only the shells and the stones that sighed Old Neptune tosses in the deep and scalds his mermaid bride And you know, I really tried The underlife tick tocks And changes into ash Goodbye heroica we only accept cash I’m here to give you everything, do I have to stoop or croon When winter puts her hands on you It must be autumn soon