Edinburgh Castle Lyrics by Mike Scott

I woke up in the morning
7:24
I drank a cup of coffee
Stepped out the door
I said goodbye to my old best friend
I took a ride to the old West End

I walked along Princes Street
My feet were hurting bad
As I squirmed inside my shoes
I was thinking about my dad
There was the bones of a song
Beating around my head
And lest I remember it wrong
This is what it said

Edinburgh Castle
Hugging the sky
Cold grey stone
Humorousless and dry
Sitting like a cork
On top of the town
One of these days
I\'m going to blow you down

I jumped on a bus
A good old number 23
To the Botanical Gardens
Where a ghost was calling me
I saw a brace of weeping willows
A burnt and withered land
I saw a man and a little boy
Holding hands

I scanned the skyline
It was like the backdrop of a play
I\'d never saw your heartless beauty
Until I\'d been away
As I was climbing up The Mound
It struck me like a chime
I must have dreamed this scene about a thousand times

Edinburgh Castle
Hugging the sky
Cold grey stone
Humorousless and dry
Sitting like a cork
On top of the town
One of these days
I\'m going to blow you down

I found myself on Forrest Road
Feeling pretty sore
This city once was mine
But it ain\'t mine anymore
And here\'s my old school jingling georgies
And I must confess
I couldn\'t step through that gate till I\'m better dressed
Back in Waverly Station
Dead on my feet
I got on board a 444
Prompty fell asleep
I woke up in Queen Street
At my journey\'s end
I gotta say it\'s totally great to be back in Glasgow again!

Edinburgh Castle
Hugging the sky
Cold grey stone
Humorousless and dry
Sitting like a cork
On top of my town
One of these days
One of these days
One of these days
I\'m going to blow you down
Down
Down
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Thanks to (Natalie Chailloux) for correcting these lyrics. Jul 3, 2008