You're such a mean old satellite
Spinning 'round my head, baby its alright
You've got your wisdom and I got mine too
But they're not the same
Baby, someone's gotta lose

So many years in the human brain
I got an appetite, I got an aeroplane
Everythings broken, everythings fixed
People are walking around like lunatics
The holy trumpeteer
Suddenly appears
Tell me baby can you hear
The holy trumpeteer
We've nothing to fear, c'mon now
The holy trumpeteer
He says the coast is clear
And the children cheer
The holy trumpeteer

You run your fingers through my greasy hair
Everything is changing, but baby I don't care
I got a mandolin, I got the days of old
I got a washing machine made of solid gold
Picking up daisies and throwing them to the ground
Everytime the blue moon comes around baby

Just like that, Bob's your uncle
If you're feelin' stiff, he's got a drum full
Of ancient blood to grease the wheels
Of a new machine that is stainless steel
There goes the nurse, there goes the nursery
Into the worst of Disneyfied history
C'mon you Magellans, just follow your nose
The emperor's got new lows
The holy trumpeteer
Suddenly appears
Tell me baby can you hear
The holy trumpeteer
He's playing just for you, baby
Holy Trumpeteer
How could the end be near
When all the children cheer
The holy trumpeteer

In a lure of wild desire and hot pursuit
I was staring through the famine of my youth
Nobody told me to be patient
Nobody told me to be fearless
Nobody said my dedication
Would be so subtle and so heedless
You were there when no one gave me any warning
Nobody told me it could get this late before the morning