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Thread #47528   Message #714139
Posted By: GUEST,Philippa
20-May-02 - 06:10 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Lion of the Mountain (Barry Moore)
Subject: Lyr Add: THERE'S A DRAGON (Charles Thomson)
No further progress in getting the rest of the words to Lion in a Cage. Meanwhile, here's the poem from a school textbook that made me think about Barry Moore's lyrics:

THERE'S A DRAGON
Charles Thomson

There's a dragon in a motor car,
a dragon, so it's said
a dragon in a motor car
that fills the air with lead.

There's a dragon in a chimney stack,
a dragon, it's no joke,
a dragon in a chimney stack
that fills the sky with smoke.

There's a dragon in the ocean waves;
just watch its limbs uncoil,
a dragon in the ocean waves
that drowns the birds in oil.

There's a dragon by the river bank
who has an evil wish,
all day it drivels toxic saliva
that kills off all the fish.

There's a dragon underneath the ground
whose power will not pass,
it sweats out noxious chemicals
that poison crops and grass.

There's a dragon in the power station
all year it quietly breathes,
there's a dragon in the power station
that could fill whole towns with wreaths

There's a dragon in the heart of man,
invisible as a rule,
there's a dragon in the heart of man,
the most dangerous dragon of all.