Nine Cats

Porcupine Tree

Am       D
The butterfly sailed on the breeze
Fmaj7                 E
Past a field of barbed wire trees
Am       D
Where golden dragons chased around
Fmaj7                     E
Pampered poppies on the ground
C                            Am   Fmaj7
Two silver trout sat way on high
C              G         Am    Fmaj
And watched a royal samurai
C                             Am Fmaj7
Plant two black orchids in a box
C      G             Am   Fmaj7
And strap it to a laughing fox

Am      D
A minstrel bought a crooked spoon
Am        D
He gave it to a blue baboon
Am      D
Who filled it full of virgin snow
Fmaj7      G           Am
And watched it in the afterglow

Fat toad stood in his ballet shoes
Teaching sixteen kangaroos
How to skip across a lake
They found it hard to stay awake
A pharaoh played a merry tune
And watched nine cats dance on the moon
I didn't know what all this meant
I didn't know why I'd been sent.

I threw 5 clocks down on my bed
The chimes danced out on golden threads
And turned to footprints on my wall
Sequined tears began to fall