the squirming coil of sunset i keep within my reach tried yesterday to get away and hitchhiked to the beach i saw satan on the beach trying to catch a ray he wasn t quite the speed of light and the squirming coil it got away yeah it got away it got away yeah it got away it got away yeah it got away the muscles flex the mother s ring they fasten children to their king and send him down the crooked street when he returns the birth s complete jimmy holds the tannis root the forest s tasty nectar shoot the sun tips off the monarch s suit from sequined stash to shiny boot i d like to lick the coil some day like icarus who had to pay with melting wax and feathers brown he tasted it on his way down stun the puppy burn the whale bark a scruff and go to jail forge the coin and lick the stamp little jimmy s off to camp it got away yeah it got away it got away yeah it got away it got away yeah it got away it got away yeah1