"Anyone For Tennis" by Eric Clapton

by Eric Clapton and Martin Sharp

Twice upon a time in the valley of the tears
An auctioneer is bidding for a box of fading years
And the elephants are dancing on the graves of squealing
mice.
Anyone for tennis, wouldn't that be nice?

And the ice creams are all melting on the streets of bloody
beer
While the beggars stain the pavements with flourescent
Christmas cheer
And the Bentley-driving guru is putting up his price.
Anyone for tennis, wouldn't that be nice?

And the prophets in the boutiques give out messages of hope
With jingle bells and fairy tales and blind colliding scopes

And you can tell they're all the same underneath the pretty
lights,
Anyone for tennis, wouldn't that be nice?

The yellow Buddhist monk is burning brightly at the zoo
You can bring a bowl of rice and then a glass of water too
And fate is setting up the chessboard while death rolls out
the dice.
Anyone for tennis, wouldn't that be nice?