Smell of Petroleum

The shaman came a-calling, he was howling at the moon He offered me a vision on the end of a silver spoon He said he'd give me dreams that all were in his powers If only I would follow him, the universe was ours Walked a thin white line to the coffin club Downstairs from the devil's den Had a large double Jesus chased down with a shot of Zen The last thing I remember was lying in the tank And when I came around again, everything was blank Floating high above the world out on the astral plane I'm bouncing like a pinball, he's busy being born again I met God on Primrose Hill, that's where he came to me Stepped out of his saucer and I got down on my knees From his lips came just one word, he left me all aglow I sat down and had a smoke and watched the flowers grow The bats are in the belfry and the bubbles in the bong The secret of the universe is hidden in this song Shaman left a-crawling as the dawn broke the gloom Talking in some other tongue and laughing like a loon The early morning sunlight splashed colours on the wall And I don't know if it ever really happened at all The bats are in the belfry and the bubbles in the bong The molecules inside my head are chiming like a gong The bats are in the belfry and the bubbles in the bong The secret of the universe is hidden in this song