The Porpoise Song

Gerald Goffin/Carole King
(Screen Gems - EMI Music Ltd.)

Appears On:

• A Box of Birds (1999), Track 4

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Lyrics (unofficial)

[rev. Aug. 24, 2013]

My, my, the clock in the sky is pounding away
There's so much to say
A face, a voice, an overdub has no choice
It cannot rejoice

Wanting to see, to know and to be
Crying to the sky
And the porpoise is waiting, good-bye, good-bye
Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye

Clicks, clacks
Riding the backs of giraffes for laughs is alright for a while
The ego sings of castles and kings and things
That go with a life of style

Wanting to feel, to know what is real
Living is a lie
And the porpoise is laughing, good-bye, good-bye
Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye
Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye
Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye