Prefab Sprout - The Golden Calf Lyrics
Once upon a time I stalked the streets on raining evenings
When the distant sea blended with the sky
Past Coliseum's filled with brass on pavements carved from toasted glass
I carried in my heart a word or two
Left you a stable bill to pay
And now the golden calf has turned to clay
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Couldn't touch your windswept harbour love
White and open-necked you would still play
I'd resort to sleepwalking to catch the mood that fills the sails
With harvest nets and tides don't ever bring
But every night was Halloween, and every friend fell in between
And how capricious nature ruled my mind
You dashing horseman all gone away
Left you a stable bill to pay
And now the golden calf has turned to clay
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Couldn't touch your windswept harbour love
White and open-necked you would still play
Once upon a time I stalked the streets on raining evenings
When the distant sea blended with the sky
Past Coliseum's filled with brass on pavements carved from toasted glass
I carried in my heart a word or two
But you would always make me see today
You dashing horseman all gone away
Left you a stable bill to pay
And now the golden calf has turned to clay
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Couldn't touch your windswept harbour love
White and open-necked you would still play
I sound so different these days, I barely can believe I'm Me
If I didn't know better, I would swear I was someone else
Lord I can't believe, I don't believe I'm me
But who on earth could I be?
You dashing horseman all gone away
Left you a stable bill to pay
And now the golden calf has turned to clay
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Couldn't touch your windswept harbour love
White and open-necked you would still play
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Prefab Sprout The Golden Calf Comments
masterclass pop lyrics. nobody does it better than Paddy
This is their best ! Could they do more like it ? A great video !
is that lynda Mcartney on gutair
I like that!!! Génial
WENDY SMITH YES PLEASE
Jeremy Fisher She is WEARING that dress 😁
Please come back to us paddy we love you
"fact" lol
amazing x
I have so many favorite Prefab Sprout songs but this one is in my top 5!
I used to love miming to this on my imaginary guitar.😀
absolute magic period :)
Oh aye brilliant
The Best Sprouts ARE Bittersweet. Prefab Sprout Forever LEGENDS.
Loved this track. Best ever from Prefab Sprout in my opinion.
Brialliant power rock music. Best thing about being Catholic, me thinks
He has the ability to hit those deep feelings without getting stuck in the mud....
Eu amo esta banda! I love this band so much!
The Golden Cough!
Not good
EXCELLENT
Fan friggin tastic!
Single most lyrically spectacular Prefab Sprout song.
If they had a different name they would have been a lot bigger in the US....marketing is paramount but maybe it wasn't important for them?
trop bon ils me manquent j ecoute toujours quels souvenirs
Pareil pour moi...
On revient toujours un moment ou un autre à leurs albums, groupe magique
Like Wendy hair alot on this song as it suit her alot
Awesome!
Always found that Paddy sounded different in this song. :)
Sin palabras.... Siempre Prefab
Great music and guys close eyes and imagine V8 supercar run on California coast road...love it
My, how they burnt so bright for a while
love it.
a real rocker
Fantastic pop
J adore je suis fan de plus de 20 ans
Lawrence likes this song
Superb tune, great video also - really, just like it has always been, a man made pearl!
One of there weakest songs i must say. Which is sad since i basically love everything this band puts out.
I must respectfully disagree. I think the song is very exciting; the problem is that lyrically it’s as impenetrable as the songs on their first album.
I miss them so much :'(
this song is perfect !
Really love this song Wendy doesn't look very happy in this video
I think it’s because she doesn’t really play guitar.
Or it could be because she doesnt sing on this song
Recovering Catholic that I am now, this band were just so cool and romantic. Bravo the Sprouts ;-)
Heavy....
Thanks for the honesty
It was
All the world loves lovers.
Now, years later, 5 lps later, hey...
Unadulterated fun is fun
And yes AA got a few things.right
(Your only as sick as your secrets)
Honesty, is synergy in motion
Anything less...
Is blockage
All the world loves lovers
Was my intro
5 lps later
I love this band!
Great video , oh that's because iam in it lol
Cool! I would've done anything to be in a PS vid. :-)
My mate Ben and I responded to a radio ad asking for people to be in a crowd scene in the vid you can see the back of my head going through the main entrance, iam the tall one
They were so good for five years or so and then it just disappeared.
I must have listened to this album well over a hundred times!
8 years*, 81 to 89, some of PS more recent stuff is totally fine and others are so cheesy it hurts, obviously their three firsts were their only masterpieces, but then again name ten bands with 3 masterpieces on their curriculum?
Steve Melling i
You saying Andromeda Heights is cheesy??? The Ice Maiden is to slick to be cheese.
@Antonio Romera Sorry for late response. But the masterpieces in my opinion are Andromeda Heights, Let´s Change the World with music and Crimson Red. Oh, and Jordan. So there are four!
I sound so different these days, I barely can believe I'm me
If I didn't know better, I would swear I was someone else
Lord I can't believe, I don't believe I'm me
But who on earth could I be?
Have you ever felt that way?
i love that portion of this song...........powerful!
Wonderful words from somebody still so young, at this point. X
To answer your question I would say yes for good reason. I have always been a Sprout fan and Paddy McAloon particularly but fifteen years ago my life changed for the better spectacularly. Not without some pain I might add. I have thought a number of times I can hardly believe I'm me and felt it.
My fav' Prefab sprout song...
great song,but dear God that bloody girl should give smiling a go at least once.
Smouldering
I think it because Wendy doesnt really play guitar or it could be because she doesnt sing on this song
he Golden Calf
Once upon a time I stalked the
Streets on raining evenings when the
Distant sea blended with the sky
Past Coliseum's filled with brass
On pavements carved from toasted glass
I carried in my heart a word or two
Your dashing horseman all gone away
Left you the stable bill to pay
And now the golden calf has turned to clay
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Couldn't touch your windswept harbour love
White and open-necked you would still play
I'd resort to sleepwalking
To court the mood that fills the sails
With harvest nets and tides don't ever bring
But every night was Halloween, and every friend fell in between
And how capricious nature ruled my mind
Your dashing horseman all gone away
Left you the stable bill to pay
And now the golden calf has turned to clay
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Couldn't touch your windswept harbour love
White and open-necked you would still play
Once upon a time I stalked the
Streets on raining evenings when the
Distant sea blended with the sky
My mouth was full of cigarettes
My hair is full of long-term bets
But you would always make me see the day
Your dashing horseman all gone away
Left you the stable bill to pay
And now the golden calf has turned to clay
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Couldn't touch your windswept harbour love
White and open-necked you would still play
I sound so different these days, I barely can believe I'm me
If I didn't know better, I would swear I was someone else
Lord I can't believe, I don't believe I'm me
But who on earth could I be?
Your dashing horseman all gone away
Left you the stable bill to pay
And now the golden calf has turned to clay
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Couldn't touch your windswept harbour love
White and open-necked you would still play, play, play
Your dashing horseman all gone away
Left you the stable bill to pay
And now the golden calf has turned to clay
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Couldn't touch your windswept...
The Sprouts doing Tears for Fears! And making a fine job of it. While at 4:18 we catch a marvelous closeup of the lovely Wendy Smith's left hip. What's not to like...
better at 0.45
How do you figure on TFF?
Fantastique
loved this song and she looked HOT..... in that tight dress...
I sound so different these days...
A hidden gem.
Wendy and Paddy's middle 8 is superb.
Peace brothers an sisters, Px
Sheer class. Observe Paddy as he ages...more images than a cut crystal!
this gyais they are cooll
that woman is always so cold looking and mysterious
skintrade its because Wendy was very shy
I think it is because Wendy didn't really play guitar or it could be because she doesn't sing on this song and that why she doesn't look very happy on this song
@Amanda Prill WS plays the guitars, keyboards, piano, and tambourine.
Or her and paddy have had a arguement
Good on ya mate!
my fav, i think!
Love this song!
man... i cant really explain how prefab's songs are important for me. And what about this?? beautiful track
i love the sprouts
If Prefab Sprout is one of the great under-rated bands of their time (and they certainly are), Martin McAloon is one of the most underrated bass players ever.
The bass on Cue Fanfare. My god what a song.
im now 44 and still a prefab super fan!
one of the only prefab songs from this era not produced by Thomas Dolby (album version) and it shows - pretty boring song..
Its on my Iphone and gets played "often"..Excellent track..
wide and open necked I still play
my favorite prefab sprout song easily
Great track, great LP, great band!!!!!!
Their videos are so well done. Can anyone explain the opening?
excellent audo!
Prefab Sprout is my very best beloved band. Jaime from Argentina