Round The Universe

Did I step down from a spaceship
that was orbiting your earth ?
Shining like a star above
you way down in the dirt
Won't you take me to your leader,
Won't you show me round the sights ?
I don't think I've landed here before
but then again I might

Because your face looks so familiar
But your eyes have lost their shine

I can take you round the universe
in a hot wired police car
We can ram raid Mars and Jupiter
And drive right through a star
There's one thing you can do for me
hear me now my friend
Tell me, tell me, tell me why,
all good things must come to an end ?

Did I crash land in your conscience ?
Did I rain on your parade ?
Am I your alien abduction nightmare ?
Won't you be my slave ?

Is there anybody in there ?
Hey there earthling get the phone
Your virtual reality's a house it's not a home

Well a truth as strange as fiction is
right there in your eyes

Lyrics by:
Squire

Available on:
Do It Yourself (3.45)

Details:
The intro of Round The Universe mimics 'Helter Skelter' by The Beatles.

The lyric "Because your face looks so familiar but your eyes have lost their shine" is close to a comment Squire would make about Brown several years later in a Guardian newspaper interview with Dave Simpson (6 September, 2002):

"I realised that the person inside Ian wasn't the person I loved. I couldn't find him. I looked into his eyes and he was a different person. It was a frightening experience."

Some lyrics in the verses could be sarcasm regarding comments Brown made after the Roses split about 'not knowing where the kid (Squire) was coming from'. "Did I step down from a spaceship" ...... "Am I your alien abduction nightmare ? Won't you be my slave ?"... the last of these lines may be in response to comments Brown made that Second Coming was 'Squire's album' that they all let him get on with it in the hope that a more collaborative album would follow.

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