marillion
the erin marbles
Did anyone see my last marble As it rolled out and over the floor? It fell through a hole in the corner Of a room in a town on a tour It's lonely without your last marble I miss it not rattling around As I lie in my bed there's a space in my head Where there used to be colours and sound.. When I was a child I had marbles They brought admiration and fame They were pretty to look at and marbles Was always my favourite game There were almost four hundred until the black day I discovered how high they would fly If you used them for tennis instead of a ball And whacked them up into the sky That was almost the end of my marbles Confiscated, I choked back the tears I hung onto a handful of favourites That disappeared over the years Did anyone see my last marble I swear that I had it before Sometimes I think I should go see a shrink In case he can find me some more Did anyone see my last marble? I'd saved it to give it away Since I was a youth Now I don't have no proof Only words and what good are they? Bring back, bring back, oh bring back my marbles to me, to me Bring back, bring back, oh bring back my marbles to me