Shell

S. Kilbey
(ATV Northern Songs/SBK Songs)

Appears On:

• Steve Kilbey - This Asphalt Eden single B-side (1985)
• Steve Kilbey - The Slow Crack (2004 reissue), Track 15
• Steve Kilbey - Artifacts (2006), Track 9
• Steve Kilbey - Artifacts (2010, Second Motion Records), Track 9
• Compilations Featuring Steve Kilbey:
  • Asides & Besides: The First Five Years (1990)
• Covers:
  • Twinstar - Electric Lash EP (2002), Track 2

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Lyrics (unofficial)

[rev. Oct. 22, 2017]

Hello sweet creature
Won't you give me some birdlike guarantee
I've been listening to myself too long
And they're making a prophet out of me
I'm as empty as a shell can ever be

I've been walking through the desert
No, it must have been the library
Reading a book which once gave me hope
Now it's making a fool out of me
I'm as empty as a shell can ever be

Lazy dreaming, half remembering
Half remarking to myself
Never noticed that the crowds were leaving
Never looked for anyone else

Now it's market day almost any day
Yet they give away their love for free
I'm just waiting for a ship to come
And it's making a slave out of me
I'm as empty as a shell can ever be

Lazy dreaming, half remembering
Half remarking to myself
Never noticed that the crowds were leaving
Never looked for anyone else

Hello sweet creature
Won't you give me some birdlike guarantee
I've been listening to myself too long

I've been walking through the desert
Must have been the library

I've been walking through the desert....