Switzerland in Snow

When your strange, and a stranger, he strangest place
and your facing the Everest on the Eiger face
And you marvel, marvel upwards at the beautiful eves
On the ledge, in the company, of continental thieves

And on the streets below
the milk and honey, flows
The milk and honey all that money
Switzerland in snow

I met a woman in the ape house
She seemed to know my name
She was great and she was awful
But I loved her just the same
Then a dog a great compose
To shift the play he changed the game
Traded gold for nickel silver
Put it all on long lost fame

And on the streets below
the milk and honey, flows
The milk and honey all that money
Switzerland in snow

I met a cat he spoke in English
he spoke in drink, and he spoke in soul
I liked his style he was a soldier
We shared a common lack of goal
He also marvelled he marvelled upward
At the beautiful eves
On the ledge, in the company, of continental thieves

And on the streets below
the milk and honey, flows
The milk and honey all that money
Switzerland in snow

And on the streets below
the milk and honey, flows
The milk and honey all that money
Switzerland in snow

• Written by Jimmy MacCarthy