Momus - Homemade Soup lyrics

Drink it while it's hot, I put in such a lot Of myself when I cook homemade soup Some wild gra** where we run The smell of skin in sun That quail's egg that we found Beside us on the ground Some seaweed from the beach Two slices of dried peach Bark that skinned your knee On the eucalyptus tree Sea, sky, four and twenty blackbirds in a pie Today I cook homemade soup Some memories of you Some sadness as you go You smile at me and wave, drink the soup I made Some motor oil and rain Dripping from the train Just about to leave, taking you away Add a lemon drop to spicy chicken broth Drink it while it's good, homemade soup You, me, an organic recipe Today we cook homemade soup Put it in the microwave And press 'reheat' Keep it in a Thermos flask You can repeat The same sensations on your tongue The same impressions in your brain It almost tastes the same It almost tastes the same It almost tastes the same It never tastes the same Hope, fear, clippings of the hair behind your ear Comfort food, homemade soup Me, you, chicken stock and tofu cubes Genetic mushroom dope, hallucogenic hope Fishheads, tuppence for a quart co*kles and mussels, a beating human heart Pink gin, turtles' teeth and shark's fin Green peas, snowy green peas Love letters you stashed, rescued from the trash All the ink you spilled, come and drink your fill Slugs, snails, spider webs and puppy tails A mushroom and a root, homemade soup Pour it in a china bowl With a blue whale on the side Eat it with a spoon Of lapis lazuli Sensations on your tongue Impressions in your brain It almost tastes the same It almost tastes the same It almost tastes the same It never tastes the same