Anderson Ian A Raft Of Penguins Lyrics

A Raft Of Penguins Lyrics

A raft of penguins on a frozen sea.

Expectant faces look down on me.

Shuffle uneasy. The whistler plays.

Counting eleven, they begin to
pray.



Tenuous but clinging, the missing link

Joins us,
closer than we might think.

Some half remembered coarse jungle drum –


A naked heart-beat, trill and hum.



This world’s no stage
for the faint at heart.

Each symphony, a sum of parts.

Each
overture, a sweet foreplay.

Let’s crash and burn some other day.



Bonded in terror or suspicion deep

Tentative tiptoe or giant
leap

Call down the angels to guide them in

A raft of penguins take
to the wing.