“Roundabout” by Yes which clocks in at 8:32.

We few, are we not drawn onward to new era? On a clover, if alive, erupts a vast, pure evil, a fire volcano. Was it Eliot’s toilet I saw? Was it a car or a cat I saw? Was it a rat I saw? Was it a bar or a bat I saw? Do nine men interpret?

“Nine men,” I nod.

“Name now one man!”

“Neil? An alien… UFO tofu.”

“Madam, I’m Adam: no lemons, no melon.”

“Rise, sir lapdog. Revolt! Lover… God… pal… rise, sir.”

“Naomi,” I moan. “I madam, I made radio! So I dared. Am I mad? Am I? Reviled did I live,” said I, as evil I did deliver… “go hang a salami, I’m a lasagna hog.”

Too bad, I hid a boot. Wontons? Not now.

“Wontons… not now?! Too bad, I hid a boot??”

Go hang a salami, I’m a lasagna hog!

“Reviled did I live,” said I, as evil I did deliver. “I madam, I made radio. So I dared. Am I mad? Am I?!”

“Naomi,” I moan. “Rise, sir lapdog. Revolt!” (Lover, God, pal…) “Rise, sir!” (No lemons, no melon.)

“Madam, I’m Adam.” (UFO tofu? Neil? An alien?)

“Name now one man! Do nine men interpret?”

“Nine men,” I nod.

Was it a bar or a bat I saw? Was it a rat I saw? Was it a car or a cat I saw? Was it Eliot’s toilet I saw? On a clover, if alive, erupts a vast, pure evil: a fire volcano. Are we not drawn onward to new era?

We few…

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