Intro: 
 
      bass {6X; piano enters 2nd time, drums 3rd, organ and guitar 5th; 
            continue bass line into verse} 
 
      (F7)             (Bb7) 
       v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v 
      ----10-8---9-10-- | ----------------- 
      ----------------- | ----10-8---6---6- 
      -8--------------- | -8--------------- 
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Verse 1: 
 
      F7                       Bb7 
         Outside the gates of Cerdes 
      F7                          Bb7 
         Sits the two-pronged unicorn 
      F7               Bb7 
         Plays at relaxation time 
      F7                      Bb7 
         The rhinestone flugelhorn 
      Gm                         Dm 
         While mermaids lace carnations 
      Gm                           F 
         Into wreaths for ailing whales 
      Gm                 Dm        / C 
         Neptune dances hornpipes 
             Bb7                F7   Bb7   F7   Bb7 
      While Salome   sheds her veils 
 
Verse 2: 
 
      Phallus Phil tries peddling 

      His pewter painted pot 

      But Sousa Sam could only hear 

      Screams of Pete the Sot 

      Buddha sips his Creme deMenthe 

      From terra cotta cups 

      And exhales menthol-scented breath 

      While spewing   verbiage up 
 
Instrumental break: 
 
      (guitar solo over verse chords) 
 
Verse 3: 
 
      Down technical blind alleys 

      Live the race of former dreams 

      These who walk across them  

      Are no longer what they seem 

      Even Christian Scientists 

      Can but display marble plaques 

      Which only retell legends 

      While my eyes   reach out for facts 

      Yeah, my eyes reach out for facts 
 
Coda {repeat w/guitar solo to fade}: 
      F7      Bb7       F7      Bb7 
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