Volumes

M. Willson-Piper
(Northern Songs/Sony/ATV Music Publishing)

Appears On:

• Persia (EP) (1984), Side 1, Track 2
• Remote Luxury (1984), Track 8
• Sing-Songs//Remote Luxury//Persia (2001), Track 12
• Marty Willson-Piper - In Reflection (1987), Track 10

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Lyrics (unofficial)

Version on The Church releases

[rev. Apr. 21, 2015]

Borrowed grapes from stores of gold
Put plastic back where metal's sold
Men in quarries connect their bomb
One two three, a new Saigon

Check the bottle, is it full?
Have you found which pin to pull?
Boys in shirts get dirty hands
Smoke kills seagulls on the sands

They have pages, they take ages
To read and to learn, they're heavy to carry
And easy to burn
Volumes have secrets, take them on holiday
Book them a room, save them a moment
Swallow their swoon

Pretty things all in a row
Flowers who can't seem to grow
Finding the pearls, then finding the blood
Then finding the water is wood

The something I wanted has just flown by
It looked at me sideways and told me to try
I hope it's a message from someone obscure
I hope it's the man next door

They have pages, they take ages
To read and to learn, they're heavy to carry
And easy to burn
Volumes have secrets, take them on holiday
Book them a room, save them a moment
Swallow their swoon

They have pages, they take ages
To read and to learn, they're heavy to carry
And easy to burn
Volumes have secrets, take them on holiday
Book them a room, save them a moment
Swallow their swoon

Part of the chorus is repeated one more time on In Reflection

They have pages, they take ages
To read and to learn, they're heavy to carry
And easy to burn