The Lizard - Robyn Hitchcock

You wear the lizard’s shoes and afterwards you get confused

You wear the lizard’s coat and afterwards you fail to float

You take the lizard’s path but look who’s lying in the bath

You wear the lizard’s skin no man can be a god and win at all

You take the lizard’s mask but look who’s lying in the cask

And the clocks have stopped you’ll find out what the lizard dropped

You know the lizard’s won but you can’t work out how it’s done

The lizard is your friend and will be to the very end of time

You lie beneath the stars the lizard knows how high they are

The stars are out of reach the lizard lingers on a beach

The stars are out of date the lizard had them on a plate

You vomit in the shed the lizard got there first he’s dead… now