Curved Air - Phantasmagoria

Phantasmagoria is the third studio album by Curved Air. Released in 1972, it reached No. 20 in the UK Charts and is notable for its early use of the EMS Synthi 100 synthesizer to process lead singer Sonja Kristina's voice on the second side. Unavailable for many years, the album was reissued on CD in April 2007.

Lyrics:
I bet you sometimes wondered
What was standing right behind you
Keep looking over your shoulder to see if it's there
A sullen church bell pealing
Some the risk of feeling and stealing
Quietly alone through the night to hide under your bed

Don't ring for a taxi
Don't call a policeman
Don't send for a doctor he'll just give you pills
Don't hide in the cellar
You may not believe it
It's probably friendly, just alone like you

You run upstairs and lie there
Waiting for the floor to creak
And something goes bumpity-bumpity-bump up the stairs
The time has come to wonder
Who could be the owner of that
Cold clammy hand that's exploring the end of the bed

Don't ring for a taxi
Don't call a policeman
Don't send for a doctor he'll just give you pills
Don't hide in the cellar
You may not believe it
It's probably friendly, just alone like you

So if you get lonely
Just think of the summer
And swimming in sky blue, drift your mind away

So when the next time comes
You feel you're being followed by a
Ghoul with a highly intelligent flair for effect
Just turn and lead it by the hand
And lead it home and tell it
"Take it from me that you need all the friends you can get"

Don't ring for a taxi
Don't call a policeman
Don't send for a doctor he'll just give you pills
Don't hide in the cellar
You may not believe it
It's probably friendly, just alone like you

So if you get lonely
Just think of the summer
And swimming in sky blue, drift your mind away
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