Return To Oz lyrics

Song information

Artist: Scissor Sisters
Album: Scissor Sisters

Lyrics

Once there was a man
Who had a little too much
Time on his hands
He never stopped to think that he was getting older
But when his night came to an end
He tried to grasp for his last friend
And pretend that he could wish himself health on a 4-leaf clover

He said: is this the return to oz?
The grass is dead, the gold is brown
And the sky has claws
There's a wind-up man walking round and round
What once was emerald city's now a crystal town

3 'o' clock in the morning
You get a phone call from the queen
With a hundred heads
She says that they're all dead
She tried the last one on, it couldn't speak, fell off
And now she just wanders the halls
Thinkin' nothing, thinkin' nothing at all..

She says: is this the return to oz?
The grass is dead, the gold is brown
And the sky has claws
There's a wind-up man walking round and round
What once was emerald city is now a crystal town

The wheelie's are cutting pavement
And the skeksis at the rave meant to hide
Deep inside their sunken faces and their wild rolling eyes
But their callous words reveal
That they can no longer feel
Love or sex appeal
The patchwork girl has come to cinch the deal

To return to oz, we fled the world with smiles and clenching jaws
Please help me friend from coming down
I've lost my place and now it can't be found

Is this the return to oz?
The grass is dead, the gold is brown
And the sky has claws
There's a wind-up man walking round and round
What once was emerald city is now a crystal town

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