The Hunting of the Snark movie - Midnight Smoke lyrics
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(Baker)<br>
Sing your hymns of Evensong,<br>
Sail out to far lagoons,<br>
All you fishermen and you fortune hunters,<br>
Sharpen your harpoons.<br>
Sing rhapsodies to the fickle gods that guide you,<br>
Awake the brave adventurer that sleeps inside you.<br>
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(Baker, Boots + Crew)<br>
Before you vanish away like midnight smoke,<br>
So that no signs or memories remain,<br>
You might vanish away like midnight smoke,<br>
And never be seen again.<br>
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(Baker)<br>
You sailors, sail your stormy seas;<br>
You gamblers, roll your ball.<br>
All you butterflies and you ballerinas,<br>
Dance until you fall.<br>
Dream and believe; follow what you're searching for,<br>
One day the brave adventurer will be no more.<br>
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(Baker, Boots + Crew)<br>
You just vanish away like midnight smoke,<br>
So that no signs or memories remain,<br>
You'll just vanish away like midnight smoke,<br>
And never be seen again.<br>
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(Instrumental Break)<br>
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(Baker, Boots + Crew)<br>
You just vanish away like midnight smoke,<br>
So that no signs or memories remain,<br>
You'll just vanish away like midnight smoke,<br>
And never be seen again.<br>
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"I engage with the Snark - every night after dark -<br>
In a dream delirious fight:<br>
I serve it with greens in those shadowy scenes,<br>
And I use it for striking a light.<br>
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"But if ever I meet with a Boojum, that day,<br>
In a moment (of this I am sure),<br>
I shall softly and suddenly vanish away -<br>
And the notion I cannot endure!<br>
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"'Tis a pitiful tale," said the Bellman, whose face<br>
Had grown longer at every word;<br>
"But, now that you've stated the whole of your case,<br>
More debate would be simply absurd."<br>
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"The rest of my speech" (he explained to his men)<br>
"You shall hear when I've leisure to speak it.<br>
But the snark is at hand, let me tell you again!<br>
'Tis your glorious duty to seek it!"<br>
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"To seek it with thimbles, to seek it with care;<br>
To pursue it with forks and hope;<br>
To threaten its life with a railway-share;<br>
To charm it with smiles and soap!"<br>
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"For the Snark's a peculiar creature, that won't<br>
Be caught in a commonplace way.<br>
Do all that you know, and try all that you don't;<br>
Not a chance must be wasted to-day!"<br>
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