Khan 1972 Space Shanty 6 Hollow Stone (Escape of the Space Pirates)

Artist: Khan Title: Space Shanty Year: 1972 Record Label: Decca/Deram TRACKLIST: 1. Space Shanty 8:58 (Inc. The Cobalt Sequence and March of the Sine Squadrons)    • Khan 1972 Space Shanty 1 Space Shanty   2. Stranded (Effervescent Psychonovelty N 5) 6:36    • Khan 1972 Space Shanty 2 Stranded   3. Mixed Up Man of the Mountains 7:09    • Khan 1972 Space Shanty 3 Mixed up man of t...   4. Driving to Amsterdam 9:17    • Khan 1972 Space Shanty 4 Driving to Amsterdam   5. Stargazers 5:31    • Khan 1972 Space Shanty 5 Stargazers   6. Hollow Stone 8:14 (Escape of the Space Pirates)    • Khan 1972 Space Shanty 6 Hollow Stone (Esc...   Previously Unreleased bonus tracks: 7. Break the Chain 3:19    • Khan 1972 Space Shanty 7 Break The Chains   8. Mixed Up Man of the Mountains [1st Version] 4:19    • Khan 1972 Space Shanty 8 Mixed Up Man of t...   Total Time 53:03 LYRICS: 6. Hollow Stone (Escape of the Space Pirates) Words and Music by Steve Hillage Hollow stone Early morning you slip out the window And glide through the dew All alone Back a thousand years And you know there is no answer They can give you, they can give you For the words are not there for them to choose After all You are only a molecule drifting An atom afloat As you fall Into space from your lonely shell of fear You raise your hands and gaze in wonder At a word you have seen somewhere before Only you can see the men of wisdom Moving slowly on together Sun shines through the stone but once a year Ceremony now will start anew And so you sit beneath the linden tree Staring ghostly at the altar And all the problems that perplex you so Dissolve and vanish deep into the water No use asking what you are Or what you'll be a millisecond after As you plunge back into laughter now Dancing and calling out your name And still you sit beneath the linden tree Staring ghostly at the altar And all the problems that perplex you so Dissolve and vanish deep into the water