Incredible String Band Evolution Rag Lyrics

Evolution Rag Lyrics

We're the fish men and the sea apes

Look at our tails and scales

And our big tough leader, away he wails



He thinks he is the king pin but he's outraced

By those little weedy stranger with the grin on his face

But that is the illusionist, the circus man

And the whole man murdering sea is his caravan



Eat air croquettes, my children dear

If you want to save yourself time and tears

History picnickers follow me

Evolution up the slopes of the sea

Up the slopes of the sea, up the slopes of the sea



Out on the land, out on the land singing hurray

While a million years pass by and we get well on our way

Grandma clears the trash left by previous picnic slaves

And with just one swipe of her ragged fins uncovers the caves



Singing Billy go store the map safely underground

He does but what is this that he has found



The map has gone how will we grow old

Grandma's tears have made the barbecue cold

I find myself saying here's where I came in

The illusionist has vanished like a red hot gin

Like a red hot gin, like a red hot gin



Oh yeah