Released on the album "Mr Fantasy" in 1968 by Island Records.
Words and Music by Dave Mason.
Key of C major. Time signature 4/4.
Verse:
C Eb
My bed is made of candy floss, the house is made of cheese
C Eb
It's lit by lots of glow-worms; if I'm wrong correct me please.
( Am Em/G Am Em/G )
The village is a pop-up book, the people wooden dolls.
The roads are made of treacle things, it's time that I moved on.
Chorus:
Dm7 G Dm7 G
My home is half a walnut shell, the journey will be long
Dm7 G Dm7 G
So I filled the whole with peppermints and creamy pink blanc-mange.
Fmaj7 Gb maj7
I sailed away for fifteen days, it never once got dark
Fmaj7 Gb maj7
And came upon two large houses set out in a park.
Verse:
On the door of one was truth, on the other door was lies.
Which one should I enter thru? I really must decide
Am Em/G
The door of lies had lots of flowers growing round outside
Am Em/G
But looking close I noticed it was crumbling inside
Verse:
The door of truth was very plain, but stood up very strong,
And when I entered thru its door I knew I wasn't wrong.
(Eb Cm, repeat and fade)