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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
XTC
Performer
Colin Moulding
Vocals
Dave Gregory
Keyboards
Prairie Prince
Drums
Andrew Partridge
Lead Vocals
James Mingo lewis
Percussion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Andy Partridge
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Todd Rundgren
Producer
George Cowan
Assistant Recording Engineer
Kim Foscato
Assistant Recording Engineer
Ian Cooper
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
The man who sailed around his soul
From East to West, from pole to pole
With ego as his drunken captain
Greed, the mutineer, had trapped all reason in the hold
The man who walked across his heart
Who took no compass, guide or chart
To rope and tar his blood congealed
When he found his self revealed ugly and cold
And the sirens that sing by your nose with its ring
They'll drag you in for your sins
Now he sits all alone, and it's no place like home
It's empty skin, a bag to keep life's souvenirs in
The man who sailed around his soul
The man who sailed around his soul
The man who sailed around his soul
Came back again to find a hole
Where once he thought compassion and the truth
Had laid to warm his freezing carcass on return
The man who walked across his heart
Was doomed to journey to the start
Of every love affair he'd broken
All the lies he'd ever spoken, tattooed on his arm
And the jellyfish stings even angels with wings
Who look too deep and dare to peep
Now he sits all alone, knowing flesh, blood and bone
Is everything, he found the treasure he'd been seeking
The man who sailed around his soul
The man who sailed around his soul
The man who sailed around his soul
The man who sailed around his soul
The man who sailed around his soul
The man who sailed around his soul
Writer(s): Andy Partridge
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