The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead

Cover of XTC's The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead.

Peter Pumpkinhead came to town Spreading wisdom and cash around Fed the starving and housed the poor Showed the Vatican what gold's for But he made too many enemies Of the people who would keep us on our knees Hooray for Peter Pumpkin Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead? Peter Pumpkinhead brought to shame Governments who would slur his name Lusts and sex scandals failed outright Peter merely said, "Any kind of love is all right" But he made too many enemies Of the people who would keep us on our knees Hooray for Peter Pumpkin Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead? Peter Pumpkinhead was too good Had him nailed to a chunk of wood He died grinning on live TV Hanging there he looked a lot like you, and an awful lot like me! But he made too many enemies Of the people who would keep us on our knees Hooray for Peter Pumpkin Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead? Hooray for Peter Pumpkin Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkin? Hooray for Peter Pumpkinhead Oh my, oh my, don't it make you want to cry, oh