Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief
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Track 10 on A Moon Shaped Pool
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief Lyrics
[Verse 1]
All the holes at once
Are comin' alive, set free
Out of sight and out of mind
The lonely and their prey
[Chorus]
The ones you light your fires to keep away
Is crawling out upon its belly
And all you have to do is say "Yes"
[Verse 2]
All the birds stay up in the trees
All the fish swim down to the deep
The lonely and their prey
I am here, come to me before it's too late
[Chorus]
The one you light your fires to keep away
Is crawling out upon its belly
And all you have to do is say "Yes"
[Instrumental Outro]
All the holes at once
Are comin' alive, set free
Out of sight and out of mind
The lonely and their prey
[Chorus]
The ones you light your fires to keep away
Is crawling out upon its belly
And all you have to do is say "Yes"
[Verse 2]
All the birds stay up in the trees
All the fish swim down to the deep
The lonely and their prey
I am here, come to me before it's too late
[Chorus]
The one you light your fires to keep away
Is crawling out upon its belly
And all you have to do is say "Yes"
[Instrumental Outro]
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Genius Annotation
“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor…” is named for a popular English children’s counting rhyme. It is often used in children’s games to decide who is “it” and is referenced many times in popular culture and literature. For instance, in the title of a Yardbirds' song, from their Little Games album (1967).
The rhyme was also used as the title of a 1974 spy novel by John Le Carré (and also its 2011 Oscar-nominated film adaptation), modified to Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. In this story, the rhyme is used to identify a mole in England’s MI6. These themes of suspicion, paranoia and duplicity run throughout A Moon Shaped Pool.
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- 2.Daydreaming
- 3.Decks Dark
- 5.Ful Stop
- 6.Glass Eyes
- 7.Identikit
- 8.The Numbers
- 10.Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief
- 11.True Love Waits
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May 8, 2016
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