Roger Waters - Madame Antoine, Madame Antoine lyrics

MARIE THERESE Madame Antoine, Madame Antoine It's getting dark outside It's time to come in MADAME ANTOINE Oh Mother! MARIE THERESE Madame Antoine, it's time to come in MADAME ANTOINE Yes, yes mother, I'm coming One day... One day I'll be queen Live on peaches and cream Wear satin and lace And laugh in the faces Of the teachers and priests And the boys will all fawn Fawn before me like beasts MARIE THERESE Madame Antoine, it's time to come in HONEST BIRD Little princess, so sure you are right But your endless day is their endless night You can preen in the limelight In your diamonds in pearls But the children go hungry In that other world MARIE THERESE Madame Antoine, it's time to come in MADAME ANTOINE Little sparrow fly back to wherever you're from You could never imagine the plane I live on The intricate steps of the tumblers and clowns Are above and beyond you co*k robin So just you pipe down