Guess what’s back in vogue today?
Them 3-D forms that had never been away
Haven’t changed, haven’t much to say
A bastard version of Brancusi

They were askin’ if you were around
How you was, where you could be found
Told them, you’re on a plinth downtown
And the world’s on a base by Manzoni

Sculpture’s back in town

Way back when bronze was cast a lot
The foundry floor was shaking with the load it got
Man, I tell you it was cool,
It was red hot
I mean it was steamin’

They’re carvin’ wood and moulding clay
Welding metal and papier mâché
Learning techniques of yesterday
Giacometti, Tinguely and Noguchi

Sculpture’s back in town

Spread the word around
Guess what’s back in town?
You spread the word around

Figure modelling takes some skill
Forging metal by the anvil
You make another mould to fill
With plaster and epoxy resin

Yet another corporate sculpture prize
For the property market to popularise
And the kids to vandalise,
Now that sculpture’s back again

Originally recorded by Thin Lizzy as The Boys are Back in Town. Published by Firefly Publishing