[Intro]
Before the girls and grown-up ways
Twixt the house-block and hairy chin
A stage was set for music-plays
In mind and country deep within
Two Kirkby boys through school half-tuned
Soon cast upon the n***d stage
To sing or swim where chance be found
But wish for wonder on each page
Some teachers left a weary mark
Their rooted hope was born in sound
My Florestan freed from the dark
Your Troubadour hard heart to pound
And as the flames and foes b**t time
From fireside and fancy box
Their world was washed in opera wine
All thoughts immersed beyond the clocks
And though the years have rolled away
Their lives and loves by separate plots
Verdi and Co. forever stay
No rise and fall by each forgot
[Break]
Before the girls and grown-up ways
Twixt the house-block and hairy chin
A stage was set for music-plays
In mind and country deep within
Two Kirkby boys through school half-tuned
Soon cast upon the n***d stage
To sing or swim where chance be found
But wish for wonder on each page
Some teachers left a weary mark
Their rooted hope was born in sound
My Florestan freed from the dark
Your Troubadour hard heart to pound
And as the flames and foes b**t time
From fireside and fancy box
Their world was washed in opera wine
All thoughts immersed beyond the clocks
And though the years have rolled away
Their lives and loves by separate plots
Verdi and Co. forever stay
No rise and fall by each forgot
[Outro]
