Here Come the Talkies Peter Hammill

[Verse 1]
Hair in the gate, let's take a minute
To find out where this character's lost his way...
Unless I'm much mistaken I'm at the limit
Of what I can and can't say

[Verse 2]
Something untoward seems to be occurring
The best that I can do is play along
For much as I deplore it the camera's still turning...
You don't have to be bad to be in the wrong
You don't have to be bad to get it all wrong

[Chorus]
Fighting the light
There's not much time...
What future bright is mine?

[Verse 3]
In the course of that scene you looked right through me
Though I was holding your attention as best I could
I feel I'm dropping down the credits of my own movie....
Even when you're in the right you could be gone for good;
Take a look at these shoes where the understudy stood

[Chorus]
Fighting the light
There's not much time...
What future bright is mine?