Steve Kilbey - The Collector lyrics

(Unreleased, from a demo reel dated Dec. 14, 1983.) (I, I, I, I) I take the things from their leather cases And I arrange them in their special places I collected people like you might collect flowers But they only lived for a couple of hours A famous flicker in these flames And hear the waiting and played their games Only a mad dog would turn on the world Only a mad dog would turn on the world I watched the morning in the evening I saw the clouds as they were leaving Collected people as you might collect stamps Princes, k**ers, heroes, tramps The lonely locked here in this room With scant regard and no perfume Only a mad dog would turn on the world Only a mad dog would turn on the world (left for you) I have performed to find the??? (3:08) In avenues and garden groves I collected people like you might collect coins I quenched their hearts and burned their loins This is where the general slept Near the place (3:33) their soldiers wept Only a mad dog would turn on the world Only a mad dog would turn on the world