The Casket Mike McGear
Mike McGear is Paul McCartney's brother and released the excellent McGear lp in early spring 1975.
This beautiful, and singular, track led off side two.
Intro
[F] [G] [F] [Em] [Dm] [G] [C]
Th[C]ere is a broken casket,
Washed up by the morning t[G]ide,
With a young girl's magic momentos,
And second hand jewelry in[C]side.
Let[C]ters from long dead lovers,
Tied now with a seaw[G]eed [F]bow,
A first wo[G]rld w[F]ar phot[Em]ograph
Of a G[Dm]erman m[G]atel[C]ot.
A f[F]irst w[G]orld w[F]ar phot[Em]ograph
Of a Ge[Dm]rman m[F]ate[C]lot.*
Attr[F]acted by the glittering,
A he[Eb]rmit crab approaches
T[F]he caskets gaudy entrails
Of nec[Eb]klaces and bro[G]aches.
Two ticket for Hohenlinden,
Lie half buried in the sand.
And a peom by Christian Morgenstern copied carefully by hand.
As the sun climbs high in the heavens,
And fisherman return from the kill,
The hermit cran scuttles for safety as children swoop down from the hill.
The hermit crab scuttles for safety as children swoop down from the hill.
*sailor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_McGear
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