Edwyn Collins - Liberteenage Rag lyrics

The morning dawned and I logged on The poisoned fruit of the devil's spawn There was nothing sacred as far as I could see There was nothing sacred as far as I could see The libertine's dream in virtual reality I took a walk to clear my head Like a snake with a skin to shed If I could break out I surely would But there's a stake-out in my neighborhood And my getaway car's got away for good I'll take a train, I'll take a plane Away up north where they know my name But they don't bug me the way that some folks do I'll take this guitar, I'll maybe start anew Cos otherwise I'll stay down here and stew Upon a Hill of Many Stones Five miles south of the Great Grey Cairns I felt the full force of five thousand years I felt the full force of five thousand years And I felt the sting of time's eternal tears The libertine's dream in virtual reality And I called this song my liberteenage rag