Текст The Kinks – 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,

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.