The Divine Comedy - The Lost Art of Conversation lyrics

Why all the distance in existence Join the resistance Come on, let's start by talking tactics With pepper-pots and matchsticks Here's how we practice the lost art of conversation David Jason - Francis Bacon - Frank Lampard It's gonna take some concentration But all the best things do There's a terrific neolithic tribe in the pacific They've got no cars, no televisions No money, no ambitions Just some pigs and some chickens And the lost art of conversation The League of Nations - The English Patient - Joan Of Arc It's gonna take some imagination But all the best things do Don't try this in public or they'll think you've gone insane And it won't be long before the men in white coats come To take you far away We had a comrade, a brave comrade He could talk for whole days But then he tried to be a hero Tried talking 'bout Jean Miro to commuters wearing earphones He almost die for conversation Hallucinations - Good Vibrations - Van Dyke Parks Greyhound racing - Steeple chasing - The Reformation Transubstantiation - Bram Stoker's creation The Land of the Thracians, and right back to the start It's gonna take some time and patience But all the best things do Don't try this in public or they'll think you've gone insane And it won't be long before the men in white coats come To take you far away, far away Well here they come