Nine Cats

Alan Duffy / Steven Wilson

The butterfly sailed on the breeze
Past a field of barbed wire trees
Where golden dragons chased around
Pampered poppies on the ground
Two silver trout sat way on high
And watched a royal samurai
Plant two black orchids in a box
And strap it to a laughing fox
A minstrel bought a crooked spoon
He gave it to a blue baboon
Who filled it full of virgin snow
And watched it in the afterglow

Fat toad stood in his ballet shoes
Teaching sixteen kangaroos
How to skip across a lake
They found it hard to stay awake
A pharaoh played a merry tune
And watched nine cats dance on the moon
I didn't know what all this meant
I didn't know why I'd been sent.

The Insignificance version of Nine Cats has the
following additional verse at the end:

I threw 5 clocks down on my bed
The chimes danced out on golden threads
And turned to footprints on my wall
Sequined tears began to fall

Trivia about the song Nine Cats by Porcupine Tree

On which albums was the song “Nine Cats” released by Porcupine Tree?
Porcupine Tree released the song on the albums “On The Sunday Of Life...” in 1991, “The Nostalgia Factory” in 1991, “Insignificance” in 1997, and “Stars Die: The Delerium Years 1991-1997” in 2002.
Who composed the song “Nine Cats” by Porcupine Tree?
The song “Nine Cats” by Porcupine Tree was composed by Alan Duffy and Steven Wilson.

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