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kaiserbeto
23-07-2008, 06:34 AM
After Roy says "please leave this world as clean as when you came" there's another verse underneath the final solo that's difficult to hear on the album; it's a little more clear in some live recordings but still hard to entirely make out ... here's what I'm able to make out:

the only time you leaders need us is when ...
....
we need you the way you ...
not as far as ...

And that's all I can make out. Anyone know what the lyrics to this verse is?

pd
23-07-2008, 09:13 AM
Welcome to stormcock!

[The only time you leaders need us
Is when you feed your ego
We need you the way you lead us
Like, not, as far as we know]

This is taken from Roy's "The Passions Of Great Fortune" lyrics book.

HarperPR
11-09-2008, 01:39 AM
On the HQ vinyl album inner sleeve didn't he write out the whole song, with little add-on comments, or is my ageing memory deceiving me?:blink: I still have it, but not looked at for a long time.

Bob Jacobs
11-09-2008, 07:19 PM
Yes - he stated that "Please leave this world as clean as when you came" is one of the greatest closing lines of any song ever, if I remember correctly. Not one of Roy's more modest moments but quite justified!