Back To 1896
(Lyrics: Moorcock, with additions by A Bouchard;
Music: A. Bouchard, with Erickson, Falcone, Moorcock)

Albert Bouchard: Lead & Backing Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Percussion
Doug Erickson: Lead & Rhythm Guitar
Don Falcone: Piano, Organ, Synth
Michael Moorcock: Backing Vocals

Jherek suspected the lady
Had her revenge on him
So he went to see his mother
To see what happened
 
She said
“Oh, Oh, The great Jherek
Has been brought so low, yeah…
Oh, Oh, The house of Carnelian
In ruins, Oh, Oh
 
What can you do Jherek?
You are damned and on the wane
Fate has singled you out
As it has me, for a life of pain

There’s no solution, no escape
You’ve been granted ecstasy
But so brief, that you might suffer
All the more exquisitely”
(suffer exquisitely)

He asked what
Lady Charlotina planned
“Not sure,” was her answer
Only that she granted 
Mrs. Underwood’s heart’s desire
(Her heart’s desire)

“Is this not what you wanted
I seem to recall some plan
You courted disaster
When you courted that woman”

He said “I am thoroughly in love
My passion rules me
I am totally in love
This is no longer a game”

She said “Do not struggle against your destiny
Shake not your fist at uncompromising luck
Plead not for mercy from the Norns
For they are blind and deaf, Jherek”
(Deaf, dumb, and blind)

And so he went to Lady Charlotina
Pleaded she expose Mrs. Underwood’s fix
And she revealed that she had sent her
Back to Bromley, Kent in 1896

“I must pursue her
Across a million years if be
And bring her back
You must help me
Oh, won’t you please send me”

“Back to 1896, send me...”