The Church - Lightning White lyrics

The toffee tar of our wrong road has melted Crashed the car but no one ever felt it In summer when it rains on a hot wet night And everything looks spooky in the lightning white You say, 'Hey, is everything ok?' You're in your old Arabian nights Long, long way to me And has the money been sorted Have all the men disappeared And have the people cavorted It's reported We're near Just as I fear The greedy smile of a creature now ending Another mile and everyone befriending Those humid evenings, it's just like Pompeii When the first shock hit it lit up like day When the players all stopped and dropped down their acts And the lava lover lie, stops in her tracks You go 'Oh!' over a rainbow and the old Arabian nights Right now, long ago And has the stuff been imported And have the audience cheered And have the customers bought it Its sort of cheer Just as I fear I gotta go in the other direction I got a god, his name is perfection I got a girl, she is my reflection I got a world of total connection In summer when the atmosphere caves in the roof And all the stars in the black sky hold themselves aloof You think my eyes are on the blink But I'm in my old Arabian nights drowning in the sink And has the money been sorted And have the room disappeared And have you people cavorted It's reported We're near...