XTC - The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead (demo) Lyrics

Lyrics The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead (demo) - XTC



Let's begin
Peter Pumpkinhead came to town
Spreading wisdom and cash around
Fed the starving and housed the poor
Showed the Vatican what gold's for
But he made too many enemies
Of the people who would keep us on our knees
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead, oh my
Peter Pumpkinhead proved them all
Emptied churches and shopping malls
When he spoke it would raise the roof
Peter Pumpkinhead told the truth
But he made too many enemies
Of the people who would keep us on our knees
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead, oh my
Peter Pumpkinhead put to shame
Governments who would slur his name
Plots and sex scandals failed outright
Peter merely said, any kind of love is alright
But he made too many enemies
Of the people who would keep us on our knees
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead?
Peter Pumpkinhead was too good
Had him nailed to a chunk of wood
He died grinning on live T.V.
Hanging there he looked a lot like you
And an awful lot like me
But he made too many enemies
Of the people who would keep us on our knees
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead?
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin (Hooray)
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkin?
Hooray for Peter Pumpkinhead
Oh my, oh my, don't it make you wanna cry?



Writer(s): Andy Partridge


XTC - Nonsuch
Album Nonsuch
date of release
01-10-2013

1 War Dance (work tape)
2 Car Out of Control (work tape)
3 Where Did the Ordinary People Go? (work tape)
4 The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead (video)
5 The Disappointed (video)
6 Studio footage shot during the recording of Nonsuch (video)
7 Didn’t Hurt a Bit
8 The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead (2013 stereo mix)
9 My Bird Performs (2013 stereo mix)
10 Dear Madam Barnum (2013 stereo mix)
11 Humble Daisy (2013 stereo mix)
12 The Smartest Monkeys (2013 stereo mix)
13 The Disappointed (2013 stereo mix)
14 Holly up on Poppy (2013 stereo mix)
15 Crocodile (2013 stereo mix)
16 Rook (2013 stereo mix)
17 Omnibus (2013 stereo mix)
18 That Wave (2013 stereo mix)
19 Then She Appeared (2013 stereo mix)
20 War Dance (2013 stereo mix)
21 Wrapped in Grey (2013 stereo mix)
22 The Ugly Underneath (2013 stereo mix)
23 Bungalow (2013 stereo mix)
24 Books Are Burning (2013 stereo mix)
25 Didn’t Hurt a Bit (2013 stereo mix)
26 The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead (instrumental)
27 My Bird Performs (instrumental)
28 Dear Madam Barnum (instrumental)
29 Humble Daisy (instrumental)
30 The Smartest Monkeys (instrumental)
31 The Disappointed (instrumental)
32 Holly up on Poppy (instrumental)
33 Crocodile (instrumental)
34 Rook (instrumental)
35 Omnibus (instrumental)
36 That Wave (instrumental)
37 Then She Appeared (instrumental)
38 War Dance (instrumental)
39 Wrapped in Grey (instrumental)
40 The Ugly Underneath (instrumental)
41 Bungalow (instrumental)
42 Books Are Burning (instrumental)
43 Didn't Hurt a Bit (instrumental)
44 The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead (5.1 mix)
45 My Bird Performs (5.1 mix)
46 Dear Madam Barnum (5.1 mix)
47 Humble Daisy (5.1 mix)
48 The Smartest Monkeys (5.1 mix)
49 The Disappointed (5.1 mix)
50 Holly up on Poppy (5.1 mix)
51 Crocodile (5.1 mix)
52 Rook (5.1 mix)
53 Omnibus (5.1 mix)
54 That Wave (5.1 mix)
55 Then She Appeared (5.1 mix)
56 War Dance (5.1 mix)
57 Wrapped in Grey (5.1 mix)
58 The Ugly Underneath (5.1 mix)
59 Bungalow (5.1 mix)
60 Books Are Burning (5.1 mix)
61 Didn't Hurt a Bit (5.1 mix)
62 Books Are Burning (demo)
63 Goosey Goosey (demo)
64 Wrapped in Grey (demo)
65 That Wave (demo)
66 Goodbye Humanosaurus (demo)
67 Dear Madam Barnum (demo)
68 Crocodile (demo)
69 Difficult Age (demo)
70 The Ugly Underneath (demo)
71 Holly up on Poppy (demo)
72 The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead (demo)
73 Then She Appeared (demo)
74 It’s Snowing Angels (demo)
75 Rook (demo)
76 Humble Daisy (demo)
77 Rip Van Ruben (demo)
78 I’m the Man Who Murdered Love (demo)
79 Omnibus (demo)
80 The Disappointed (first reference recording)
81 The Disappointed (second reference recording)
82 The Disappointed (demo)
83 Wonder Annual (demo)
84 My Bird Performs (work tape)
85 Didn’t Hurt a Bit (work tape)
86 The Smartest Monkeys (work tape)
87 Down a Peg (work tape)
88 Bungalow (work tape)




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