Magdalene (My Regal Zonophone)

Though I know the night has fallen, and the sun sailed out to sea

I will wait here for the band to play the trumpet voluntary

And with one foot on the seashore and the other in the sand

I will stand here plaiting daisies whilst you play the piano-grand

Caprice, your bugle blew away the cobwebs from my ears

And for once I stood quite naked

Unashamed, I wept the tears

Which I tried to hide inside myself from me

I mean from you

But the shame I found too painful

And the pain it only grew

Magdalene, my regal zonophone

Magdalene, my regal zonophone