It’s Always Tuesday in the Marmalade

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Lyrics

[Intro - Mellotron and harpsichord]

[Verse 1 - Male Baritone]
The postman came on Wednesday with a letter made of cheese
He left it with the chimney and the chimney said it's fine
The kettle wore a bowler hat and bowed to all the bees
The bees were reading newspapers from nineteen-twenty-nine

[Verse 2]
Penelope the windowpane was missing half her shine
She said she'd lent the rest of it to Gregory the moon
The moon was in the kitchen drinking elderflower wine
And asking if the silverware would care to share a spoon

[Chorus]
It's always Tuesday in the marmalade
It's always raining lemons on the lawn
The clocks are full of pennies that the cuckoo never paid
And nobody remembers where the afternoon has gone

[Verse 3]
The weather came on Sunday with a suitcase and a key
It opened up the garden and the garden opened back
A choir of upholstered cats was singing off the quay
And every note they couldn't reach was painted on the track

[Bridge - Quieter, harpsichord and voice]
There's a man who counts the corners of a room that isn't there
He keeps them in a thimble that he wears around his thumb
He told me once on Thursday, but the Thursday was a pear
And now whenever someone asks, my answer is a drum

[Chorus]
It's always Tuesday in the marmalade
It's always raining lemons on the lawn
The clocks are full of pennies that the cuckoo never paid
And nobody remembers where the afternoon has gone

[Outro - Male Baritone, fading]
The postman came on Wednesday
The postman came on Wednesday
The postman came on Wednesday
But the Wednesday wasn't home

[End]

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