THE KINKS lyrics - Flash's Dream (The Final Elbow)

[Scene:] Mr. Black's army is closing in on Flash & The Spivs.

After a long day's campaigning Flash, having overindulged

The alcohol, has fallen asleep in his den.



Voice: Cooee. Cooee. Flash. Flash



[Flash:] Who is this?



Voice: Wake up Flash. Can you hear me Flash?



[Flash:] Who is this? Who dares to wake me from my slumber?



Voice: Need I announce myself? Am I such a stranger to you?



[Flash:] Say your name. Speak!



Voice: I am your soul.



[Flash:] My soul?



Voice: I have come to show you who you are.



[Flash:] Show me who I am? I know who I am you upstart! How

Dare you intrude.



Voice: You lied and schemed and took over a simple village and

Turned it into a vulgar playground for your own money-

Making ends. Before you came people lived simple lives.

This was a happy place. Then you ploughed up the fields,

Sold off the land and lined your own pockets with the profits.



[Flash:] Lies! Lies! I did it to help the nation



Voice: You did it for your own preservation!



[Flash:] No! No!



Voice: Prepare yourself Flash, there are many who suffered at your

Hands. They are craving for vengeance. Time is running out.



[Flash:] Can this be the end? Can this be the swan song? The final

Elbow? I will not go. The people need me.



Voice: Men like you will always come and go, but the people will go

On forever. Take one final look at the past Flash. Enjoy it,

Because you have no future.



[Flash:] No! No! No! I can't stand this.



Trumpets herald the final confrontation between Flash and himself.