Palaces of Montezuma (Live at Alexandra Palace, 2020)

Psychedelic invocations

Mata Hari at the station

I give to you

A Java princess of Hindu birth

A woman of flesh, a child of the earth

I give to you

The hanging gardens of Babylon

Miles Davis, the black unicorn

I give to you

The Palaces of Montezuma

The gardens of Akbar's tomb

I give to you

The spider Goddess, the needle boy

The slave-dwarves that they employ

I give to you

A custard-coloured super dream

Of Ali McGraw and Steve McQueen

I give to you

C'mon baby, get me out of the cold

And gimme, gimme, gimme your precious love for me to hold

C'mon baby, get me out of the cold

And gimme, gimme, gimme your precious love for me to hold

The epic of Gilgamesh

A pretty little black A-line dress

I'll buy it for you

The spinal cord of JFK

Wrapped in Marilyn Monroe's negligee

I give to you

I want nothing in return

Just the softest, little breathless word

I ask of you

A word contained in a grain of sand

Can barely walk, can't even stand

I ask of you

C'mon baby, get me out of the cold

And gimme, gimme, gimme your precious love for me to hold

C'mon baby, get me out of the cold

And gimme, gimme, gimme your precious love for me to hold