Kevin Ayers - The End lyrics

This is the end, beautiful friend This is the end, my only friend, the end Of our elaborate plans, the end Of everything that stands, the end No safety, no surprise, the end I'll never look into your eyes again Can you picture what we'll be? So limitless and free? Desperately in need of some stranger's hand In a desperate land? Lost in a Roman wilderness of pain And all the children are insane All the children are insane Waiting for the summer rain There's danger on the edge of town Ride the King's highway, baby Weird scenes inside the gold mine Ride the highway west (West is the best) (The west is the best) Ride the snake Ride the snake to the lake The ancient lake The snake is long Seven miles Ride the snake He's old and his skin is cold The west is the best The west is the best Get here and we'll do the rest The blue bus is calling us The blue bus is calling us "Driver, where're you taking us?" The k**er awoke before dawn He put his boots on He took a face from the ancient gallery And he walked on down the hall He went to the room where his sister lived And then he paid a visit to his brother And then he... He walked on down the hall And he came to a door And he looked inside "Father?" "Yes, son?" "I want to k** you. Mother, I want to..." Ohh Come on, baby, take a chance with us Come on, baby, take a chance with us Come on, baby, take a chance with us And meet me at the back of the blue bus This is the end, beautiful friend This is the end, my only friend, the end It hurts to set you free, but you'll never follow me The end of laughter and soft lies The end of nights we tried to die This is the end