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Dear Mother of Pearl, Protector of Seas, I have seen your shimmer And it is everything to me I’ve the seen the gold flakes On top of the wave The lonely silver hermits Hidden in the cave The iridescent sun And its pearly rays You have shown me hope And much brighter days Oh, Mother of Pearl, Salt in the Seas, You are the water I float in And the air that I breathe
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Apr 5
Apr 5, 2026 at 2:58 PM UTC
Mother of Pearl
Turn the lights down / way down low Turn up the music / hi as fi can go All the gang’s here / everyone you know It’s a crazy scene (hey there just look over your shoulder..) Get the picture?  No, no, no, no …  (YES) Walk a tightrope / your life-sign-line Such a bright hope / right place, right time What’s your number? / never you mind Take a powder (but hang on a minute what’s coming round the corner?) Have you a future? No, no, no, no …  (YES) Well I’ve been up all night (again?) / Party-time wasting is too much fun Then I step back thinking of life’s inner meaning and my latest fling It’s the same old story / all love and glory – It’s a pantomime If you’re looking for love in a looking-glass world it’s pretty hard to find Oh mother of pearl I wouldn’t trade you for another girl Divine intervention – always my intention, so I take my time I’ve been looking for something I’ve always wanted but was never mine But now I’ve seen that something just out of reach, glowing very Holy Grail Oh mother of pearl, lustrous lady of a sacred world Thus even Zarathustra, another-time-loser, could believe in you With every goddess a let down, every idol a bring down – it gets you down… But the search for perfection, your own predilection goes on and on and on and on… Canadian Club love: a place in the country – everyone’s ideal But you are my favorita, and a place in your heart, dear makes me feel more real. Oh mother of pearl – I wouldn’t change you for the whole world You’re highbrow, holy with lots of soul melancholy shimmering… Serpentine sleekness was always my weakness; like a simple tune But no dilettante, filigree fancy, beats the plastic you Career girl cover, exposed and another slips right into-view Oh looking for love in a looking glass world is pretty hard for you Few throwaway kisses, the boomerang misses, spin round and round Fall on featherbed quilted, faced with silk softly-stuffed eider down Take refuge in pleasure- just give me your future, we’ll forget your past… Oh mother of pearl, submarine lover in a shrinking world. Oh lonely dreamer your choker provokes a picture cameo Oh mother of pearl, so-so semi-precious in your detached world. Oh mother of pearl – I wouldn’t trade you for another girl © E.G. Music Ltd 1973
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Jun 28, 2017
Jun 28, 2017 at 2:17 PM UTC
Mother of Pearl (Roxy Music)
Turn the lights down / way down low Turn up the music / hi as fi can go All the gang’s here / everyone you know It’s a crazy scene (hey there just look over your shoulder..) Get the picture?  No, no, no, no …  (YES) Walk a tightrope / your life-sign-line Such a bright hope / right place, right time What’s your number? / never you mind Take a powder (but hang on a minute what’s coming round the corner?) Have you a future? No, no, no, no …  (YES) Well I’ve been up all night (again?) / Party-time wasting is too much fun Then I step back thinking of life’s inner meaning and my latest fling It’s the same old story / all love and glory – It’s a pantomime If you’re looking for love in a looking-glass world it’s pretty hard to find Oh mother of pearl I wouldn’t trade you for another girl Divine intervention – always my intention, so I take my time I’ve been looking for something I’ve always wanted but was never mine But now I’ve seen that something just out of reach, glowing very Holy Grail Oh mother of pearl, lustrous lady of a sacred world Thus even Zarathustra, another-time-loser, could believe in you With every goddess a let down, every idol a bring down – it gets you down… But the search for perfection, your own predilection goes on and on and on and on… Canadian Club love: a place in the country – everyone’s ideal But you are my favorita, and a place in your heart, dear makes me feel more real. Oh mother of pearl – I wouldn’t change you for the whole world You’re highbrow, holy with lots of soul melancholy shimmering… Serpentine sleekness was always my weakness; like a simple tune But no dilettante, filigree fancy, beats the plastic you Career girl cover, exposed and another slips right into-view Oh looking for love in a looking glass world is pretty hard for you Few throwaway kisses, the boomerang misses, spin round and round Fall on featherbed quilted, faced with silk softly-stuffed eider down Take refuge in pleasure- just give me your future, we’ll forget your past… Oh mother of pearl, submarine lover in a shrinking world. Oh lonely dreamer your choker provokes a picture cameo Oh mother of pearl, so-so semi-precious in your detached world. Oh mother of pearl – I wouldn’t trade you for another girl © E.G. Music Ltd 1973
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