'Til I found out
Where will I go, where will I go
I don't know, I don't know
I don't know where
The space is between my eyes
Open up the heavenly skies
Death awaits with pearly gates
Those who've been mesmerized
Many years has come and gone
Went to see a standing stone
Some in circles, some alone
Ancient, worn and weather torn
They chill me to the very bone
Many of these can be seen
In quiet places, fields of green
Of hedgerow lanes with countless names
But the only thing that remains are the roll right stones
Space age before my eyes
Opening up the skies
Devil waits with pearly gates
For those who have been mesmerized
Many a years have come and gone
But progress marches slowly on
In nature's paint, she hides the stain
'Cause everybody is going insane
The only, the only thing that will sustain are the roll right stones
Roll right stones
Roll right stones
Roll right stones
Roll right stones
Roll right stones
Roll right stones
Roll right stones
'Til I find out
Where will I go, where will I go
I don't know, I don't know
I don't know where
The space is between my eyes
Open up the heavenly skies
Death awaits with pearly gates
Those who've been mesmerized
Many years has come and gone
Went to see an ancient mound
People buried underground
Long ago, will never know
What it was like to hear their sounds
Black crow, I know you've been here
You've seen the sights of yesteryear
You steal the grain of the conquered plain
But the only thing that remains are the roll right stones
Space age before my eyes
Opening up the skies
Devil waits with pearly gates
For those who have been mesmerized
Many a years have come and gone
But progress marches slowly on
In nature's paint, she hides the stain
'Cause everybody is going insane
The only, the only thing that will sustain are the roll right stones
Roll right stones
Roll right stones
Roll right stones
Roll right stones
Roll right stones
Roll right stones
Roll right stones
Roll right stones
Space age before my eyes
Opening up the skies
And death awaits with pearly gates
For those who have been mesmerized, yeah
Many a years have come and gone
But progress marches slowly on
In nature's paint, she hides the stain
'Cause everybody is going insane
The only, the only thing that will sustain are the roll right stones
Roll right stones
Roll right stones
Roll right stones
Roll right stones
I Just Want You to Know
I Just Want You to Know
I Just Want You to Know
I Just Want You to Know
I Just Want You to Know
I Just Want You to Know
I Just Want You to Know
I Just Want You to Know
Lips that are as warm could be
Lips that speak too soon
Lips that tell a story
Sad and deep as you
Smile that's warm as summer sun
Smile that gets you through
Sad and deep you
Eyes that the windows
Eyes that are the dew
Eyes that tell a story
Sad and deep as you
Tears that are unspoken words
Tears that are the truth
Tears that tell a story
Sad and deep as you
(Winwood/Capaldi)
(Instrumental)
Sometimes I feel like I'm fading away
You're looking at me, I've got nothing to say
Don't make me angry with the games that you play
Either light up or leave me alone
You walk in my room, you lie in my bed
You open your mouth, shoot someone dead
All of a sudden you're inside my head
Either light up or leave me alone
Spending my bread like it grew on a tree
You're trying to tell me 'bout the birds and the bees
The skirt that you're wearing is way past your knees
Either light up or leave me alone
You're up all night preaching your mind
Come home in the morning with your latest find
I'm gonna have to lay it to you straight on the line
We are not like all the rest
You can see us any day of the week
Oh come around, sit down, take a sniff, fall asleep
Baby, you don't have to speak
I'd like to show you where it is
But then it wouldn't even mean a thing
Nothin' is easy, baby, just please me
Who knows what tomorrow may bring?
If for just one moment
You could step outside your mind
And float across the ceiling
I don't think the folks would mind
We are not like all the rest
You can see us any day of the week
Oh come around, sit down, take a sniff, fall asleep
Baby, you don't have to speak
I'd like to show you where it is
But then it wouldn't even mean a thing
Nothin' is easy, baby, just please me
Who knows what tomorrow may bring?
If for just one moment
You could step outside your mind
And float across the ceiling
I don't think the folks would mind
Who knows what tomorrow may bring?
Who knows what tomorrow may bring?
Who knows what tomorrow may bring?
Who knows what tomorrow may bring?
Who knows what tomorrow may bring?
Who knows what tomorrow may bring?
Who knows what tomorrow may bring?
Who knows what tomorrow may bring?
Who knows what tomorrow may bring?
(Winwood/Capaldi)
Withering tree, bearing no fruit
Never will see an evergreen suit
Reaching right out, out for the sun
Broken old branches, fall one by one
Into the arms of eternity
Fighting the fish up from the deep
Oh how I wish the lake would not sleep
Following dreams into the blue
There you will see, hidden from view
Trees in the arms of eternity
Into the arms of eternity
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In the city streets where I was born
People bowed their heads from dusk till dawn
Never realized the potential of their lives
Till the reaper came to cut the corn
Some were born to live a life of ease
Never knowing suffering or disease
Till that final day when judgment comes their way
When they fall down on their knees and pray
This train won't stop, this train won't stop
This train won't stop, this train won't stop
This train won't stop, this train won't stop
Till we reach the end of the line
In the golden fields of yesterday
Where the children used to laugh and play
You can hear the sound of a hammer breaking steel
When you take more than you give, it never heals
I can see it rolling 'cross the sky
On the holy mountain side where eagles cry
Far from Earth below where poisoned rivers flow
Where I'm free to let my soul and spirit fly
This train won't stop, this train won't stop
This train won't stop, this train won't stop
This train won't stop, this train won't stop
Till we reach the end of the line
Will the road find it?
Will the soul guide you down?
When will we really see that higher love?
When we reach the end of our lives?
This train won't stop, this train won't stop
This train won't stop, this train won't stop
This train won't stop, this train won't stop
Till we reach the end of the line
This train won't stop, train won't stop
This train won't stop, this train won't stop
This train won't stop, train won't stop, train won't stop
Till we reach the end of the line
Till we reach the end of the line
This train just won't stop
This train just won't stop
See the reaper in the field
This train just won't stop
Time to get your spirit healed
This train just won't stop
Now the doors are open wide
This train just won't stop
There's no place that you can hide
This train just won't stop
Tell your children
This train just won't stop
[Incomprehensible]
This train just won't stop, this train just won't stop
This train just won't stop, this train just won't stop
This train just won't stop, this train just won't stop
Do yourself a favor
Wake up to your mind
Life is what you make it
You see but still your blind
Get yourself together, give before you take
You'll find out the hard way
Soon you're going to break
Smiling Phases, going places
Even when they bust you
Keep on smiling through and through
And you'll be amazed at the gaze on their faces
As they sentence you
You don't need a lawyer
When you're in a fix
Someone gets the pay off
You're friends are full of tricks
How could you love something
That you just can't buy?
Own up to the truth girl
Your mother's gone on by
Your companion, brings you flowers
You just hang him up
And keep him waiting there for hours
And you should just see the look on his face
Tell me how you want me to be, then look again and you will see
That I'm still the same love
Think me into any shape, your twisted mind has no escape
But don't be ashamed, love, it's just a game, love
But don't be ashamed, love, it's just a game, love
You can learn how to play
Born like you were in a terrible mess, didn't know what it was to have a new dress
You just wanted to scream out my name
Till somebody said, 'Let me take you to bed'
And with money and lies they filled up your head
You were barely thirteen, a child from the villages
Sitting here thinking of my love
Sitting here thinking of my love
Wondering if she's thinking, or maybe if she's drinking
Sitting of here just thinking of my love
Never felt as low as this before
Never felt as low as this before
In the evening when I'm sleeping
When I wake up I'm weeping
Never felt as low as this before
Never felt as low as this before
Sitting here thinking of your love
Sitting here thinking of your love
Wondering if its flowing
Since we both stopped crying
Sitting here just thinking of my love
Never felt in perspective before
Never felt inseperable for sure
In the evening I'm sleeping
When I wake up I'm weeping
Never felt inseperable before
No I've never felt insperable before
Sitting here thinking of my love
Sitting here thinking of my love
Wondering if she's thinking, or maybe if she's drinking
Sitting here just thinking of my love
Never felt this low as this before
No I never, never felt as low as this before
No I never felt insperable for sure
No I never
No I never felt insperable for sure
No I never
No I never felt in perspective before
You shouldn't have took more than you gave
We wouldn't be in this mess today
And though we've gone our separate ways
The dues we have to pay are still the same
(first stanza)
Rainmaker, rainmaker
The sky is gray just by the touch of your hand
Rainmaker, rainmaker
Make me some rain, make all my crops grow tall
Rainmaker, rainmaker
The sky is gray, the ground is so hard
It's been cracked by the sun
I bought a sequined suit from a pearly queen
And she could drink more wine than I'd ever seen
She had some gypsies' blood flowing through her feet
And when the time was right she said that I would meet
My destiny
I traveled round the world to find the sun
I couldn't stop myself from having fun
And then one day I met an Indian girl
And she made me forget this troubled world
We're living in
I had a strange dream. In my hair
I saw a pearly queen lying there
And all around her feet flowers bloomed
(Winwood/Capaldi)
As time begins to burn itself upon me
And the days are growing very short
People try their hardest to reject me
But in a way, their conscience won't be caught
Something's happening to me day by day
My pebble on the beach is getting washed away
I've given everything that was mine to give
And now I'll turn around and find that there's no time to live
So often I have seen that big wheel of fortune
Spinning for the man who holds the ace
There's many who would change their places for him
But none of them have ever seen his lonely face
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[Incomprehensible]
Love if you see me then don't pass me by
I need somebody or else I'm gonna die
Oh, love, if you need me
Just call and I'll be there
There is no sorrow that both of us can't share
That both of us can't share
Love, don't you despair
Love, don't you despair, oh
Like a hurricane around your heart
When earth and sky are torn apart
He comes gathering up the bits
While hoping that the puzzle fits
He leads you, he leads you
Freedom rider
With a silver star between his eyes
That open up at hidden lies
Big man crying with defeat
See people gathering in the street
You feel him, you freak him
Freedom rider
When lightning strikes you to the bone
You turn around, you're all alone
By the time you hear that siren sound
Then your soul is in the lost and found
Forever, forever
Freedom rider
Here it comes, here it comes
I looked to the sky
Where an elephant's eye
Was looking at me
From a bubblegum tree
And all that I knew
The hole in my shoe
Was letting in water (letting in water)
I walked through a field
That just wasnt real
Where 100 tin soldiers
Would shoot at my shoulder
And all that I knew
The hole in my shoe
Was letting in water (letting in water)
(I climbed on the back of a giant albatross
Which flew through a crack in the cloud
To a place where happiness reigned all year round
Where music played ever so loudly)
I started to fall
And suddenly woke
And the dew on the grass
It stuck to my coat
And all that I knew
The hole in my shoe
Was letting in water (letting in water)
So glad, I'm so glad
Sometimes, I'm so glad to be alive
You ride on the swing in and out of the bars
Capturing moments of life in a jar
Playing with children, acting as stars
Guiding your visions to heaven and heaven is in your mind
Take extra care not to lose what up feel
The apple you're eating is simple and real
Water the flowers that grow at you heel
(Instrumental)
spoken fragments,
nearly pure instrumental
Graveyard people with graveyard minds
Peeking out through half-drawn blinds
Desperate people with desperate minds
Only live amongst straight lines
Scorning the gypsies camped out in the fields
What do they know of the warrior's shield?
Go-slow workers with union minds
Striking out for better times
Sunshine people with sunshine minds
Living in these troubled times
Follow shop stewards like so many sheep
Sowing the seed that our children will reap
Go-slow workers with union minds
Striking out for better times
Sunshine people with sunshine minds
Living in these troubled times
Get it together, no one knows how we feel
(Bricusse/Newley)
Bird flying in the sky, you know how I feel
Sun shinin' in the sky, you know how I feel
Breeze drifting on by, that's what I mean
It's a new dawn
It's new day
It's a new life for me
And I'm feelin' good
Bird flying high and you know how I feel
Sun up in the sky, you know how I feel
(?), that's what I mean
It's a new dawn
It's new day
It's a new life for me
And I'm feelin' good
Dragonfly out in the sun, you know how I feel
Butterflies all having fun, you know how I feel
Sleep in peace when day is done, that's what I mean
It's a new dawn
It's new day
It's a new life for me
And I'm feelin' good
Birds flying in the sky, you know how I feel
Sun shinin' in the sky, yes, you know, you know how I feel
(?), you know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's new day
It's a new life for me
Oh yes, and I'm feelin'
Oh yes, and I'm feelin'
Oh yes, and I'm feelin' good
I can't afford to take a rest, I'm heading out towards the sun
And find the place where I once saw a new life starting
It's not so far to get there, it's waiting up around the bend
Don't know if I'll be back again
Through the night I'm flying, moving like a raven
To the night unfolding I call your name
To the night I whisper, to the night I pray
Through the night I'm racing far from home
I've always tried to do my best, I never cheated anyone
Not like the place where they once turned the wine into water
Running from all pretensions, nothing blocking up my view
No more feeling black and blue
'Cause tonight I'm not a lonely man, yes tonight, oh tonight
Keep holding on to false directions, they'll never set you free
As the evening sun goes down
The Dealer shuffles into town
Makes a note of what's a float
And spinning 'round, he'll cut your throat
In the time it takes to heal
The Dealer's made another deal
When he plays, he plays for keeps
And sweeps the spinning roulette wheel
Dealer, Dealer
Like the mighty ocean's roar, he gets all his share and more
Mexican right to the core and very proud
[Incomprehensible] up the shore, he'll get even with the score
Leave your wife a weeping widow on the shore
Between the desert and the dove
Money is his only love
Feeling nothing deep inside
His mind is governed by his pride
In a smoky little room
Shadows moving in the gloom
Someone turns a running flush
And breaks the deathly quiet hush
Dealer, Dealer
Dealer, Dealer
Dealer, Dealer
Yesterday I was a young boy
Searching for my way
Not knowing what I wanted
Living life from day to day
'Till you came along
There was nothing but an empty space and a pain
Feels like Coloured Rain
Tastes like Coloured Rain
Bring on Coloured Rain
Yeah!
I can see a sail of changing
Filling with surprise
United with a feeling
Bringing love into my eyes
Till you came along
And it's a fact, you are cold
They react, dream Gerrard
Hippos don't wear hats
Lobsters shriek if provoked
On long blue ribbons
That he may see
While he sleeps
Monsieur old Neddy
He wears spectacles in
Bed that he
May see dreams more clearly
The night, it will be black
And white raven croaking
I am thirsty, die
They won't let it be
They think it should be done
With reality
I scream from a skull
Fritz, bring your wigwam
They won't let it be
They think it should be done
With reality, with reality
They won't let it be
They think it should be done
With reality, with reality
They won't let it be
They think it should be done
With reality, with reality
They think it should be done
They think it should be done
With reality, with reality
With reality, with reality
They think it should be done
With reality, with reality
They won't let it be
They think it should be done
With reality, with reality
Dear Mr. Fantasy play us a tune
Something to make us all happy
Do anything, take us out of this gloom
Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy
You are the one who can make us all laugh
But doing that you break out in tears
Please don't be sad if it was a straight mind you had
We wouldn't have known you all these years
Dear Mr. Fantasy play us a tune
Something to make us all happy
Do anything, take us out of this gloom
Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Dear Mr. Fantasy play us a tune
Something to make us all happy
Do anything, take us out of this gloom
Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy
You are the one who can make us all laugh
But doing that you break out in tears
Please don't be sad if it was a straight mind you read
(Malone/Scott)
Blind man
Standing on the corner
Crying out the blues
And I don't need a dollar
And don't give me a dime
Until you bring back that little girl of mine
I can't let her go
I'm hooked I can't let her go
People try to tell me stop crying
And find you someone new
'Cause when that good Lord made one woman
Halleluja!
Don't you know he made two
But I can't let her go
I'm hooked I can't let her go
I can't let her go Lord
I can't let her go
He lifted up his head toward heaven
And said, Lord, I'd rather die
Then let a no-good woman
Make me stand on this corner and cry
Lord knows I'm living in a world of darkness
But that don't bother me
And until I find that sweet little girl of mine
Lord knows, I just don't want to see
I can't let her go
I'm hooked I can't let her go
Won't somebody please help the blind
I can't let her go
You walk and talk and move around in circles
Your friends telling you you are doing fine
You can't see that snowball as it hurtles
Through the shattered membranes of your mind
If I could talk to you for just one minute
Then you would know what it is I am getting at
But there again your head's got nothing in it
By the way you left without your hat
I'm walking in the wind looking at the sky
Hanging on a breeze and wondering why, why
Your old man's headed for the final pay-off
The joker that you got is fading too
And all the sharks that come around for the rip-off
Are gonna tear the flesh right off you
The plastic princess hangs her head in wonder at the silver glittered boys
Trying, trying to compete
And all at once the room begins to thunder
And all that's left is the stain on the sheet
The prostitute is standing on the corner
Suffering so much pain to stay alive
She's so real, that life itself bows down before her
She couldn't make that nine to five
While the president is crying, crying in the White House
The prime minister's really got the blues
All the heads of state are busy playing cat & mouse
'Cause you can see none of them have ever paid their dues
(Winwood/Capaldi)
When I was a young boy I lived for rock 'n' roll
We spent our time playing gigs and traveling on the road
And we didn't have much money and the gigs were sometimes rough
But playing music for the people seemed to be enough
And the music is so sweet that it makes me tap my feet
And my mind is very high, I can almost touch the sky
Now I am a young man dressed in sparkling coloured clothes
A country house and sixty acres are a heavy load
We still have no money but we have some nice things
Possession is, possessions are the trait that money brings
And the snowflakes are so sweet as they fall around our feet
And my mind is very high, I can almost feel the sky
Now I am an old man, I know exactly what to do
Never ask a question or ever give an answer to you
And when you pass me by and you drop a penny in my hat
Don't feel sorry on my account 'cause life can be like that
And the music is so sweet that it makes me tap my feet
And my mind is very high, I can almost feel the sky
And the river rolls along like a never ever ending song
And the river rolls along like a never ever ending song
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(Winwood/Capaldi)
Forty thousand headmen couldn't make me change my mind
If I had to take the choice between the deafman and the blind
I know just where my feet should go and that's enough for me
I turned around and knocked them down and walked across the sea
Hadn't traveled very far when suddenly I saw
Three small ships a-sailing out towards a distant shore
So lighting up a cigarette I followed in pursuit
And found a secret cave where they obviously stashed their loot
Filling up my pockets, even stuffed it up my nose
I must have weighed a hundred tons between my head and toes
I ventured forth before the dawn had time to change its mind
And soaring high above the clouds I found a golden shrine
Laying down my treasure before the iron gate
Quickly rang the bell hoping I hadn't come too late
But someone came along and told me not to waste my time
And when I asked him who he was he said, 'Just look behind'
So I turned around and forty thousand headmen bit the dirt
Firing twenty shotguns each and man, it really hurt
But luckily for me they had to stop and then reload
And by the time they'd done that I was heading down the road
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Turn around every way, looking back another day
The race is on, I'm out to win, before I start I must begin
Here we go round in circles to nowhere
Mulberry bush just won't let me see
If I am lonely when I arrive there
Mulberry bush, will you shelter me when I am naked and cold?
Yet no one must see, oh they're looking at me
When I am straight I feel that my world is real
With people running round and round, bringing one another down
People running round and round, bringing one another down
Here we go round, I'm looking for someone
Mulberry bush is calling to me
Red lights and green ones, I can't be nervous
Mulberry bush, your bright eyes I see
Here we go round in circle to nowhere
Mulberry bush just won't let me see
If I am lonely when I arrive there
Sometimes your life can be sidetracked
Getting lost in things you don't need
But we all lose direction
In a world of greed
People's lives end in ruin
Some people's lives never start
Someone knows what you're doing
Deep in your heart
In the hour of need you stood ready
Looked danger right in the face
Your heart is moved by the spirit
When you're living, living in a state of grace
There's a world never ending
Sorrow and pain don't exist
We can live there together
You can't resist
'Cause when you think you can't take it
Dreams disappear into space
Trust in your heart, you can make it
When you're living, living in a state of grace
Nothing worse than sorrow
Of loved ones you have lost
You can't face tomorrow
You can't bear the cross
Just remember that darkness
In this world has no place
You've got so much to give now
You're living
In the hour of need you stood ready
Looked danger right in the face
Your heart is moved by the spirit
When you're living, living in a state of grace
In the hour of need you stood ready
Looked danger right in the face
Your heart is moved [Incomprehensible] spirit
When you're living, living in a state of grace
Living, state of grace
Oh, oh, state of grace
Baby, when you are living
[Incomprehensible]
Hey, hey, living
Living, living, oh, oh, yeah, oh
[Incomprehensible], hey
Heats the message that you send
One look at you, burnin' up inside
You know that I'd give up anything
I can't get enough when you get next to me
Oh you, some kinda woman
You yeah, some kinda woman
You cut a notch every time a heart is breakin'
One time and then you
Oh, never let 'em off, once you've fixed your sights
Oh, I want you, I want to tie you to me
Oh, don't hesitate
You got the touch to make me free
Oh you, some kinda woman
You, some kinda woman
I'm like a kid standin' outside your door
You make me feel like never before
I feel the heat risin' up in my soul
I'm burnin' out of control
Oh, break down this heat
'Cause what you're doin' just makes me weak
The way you stand there in your clothes
Givin' me a look like Edward G
And then you start to shake the place
And then you lock on tight to the groove
Oh, I want to get it on
Lookin' for the chance to make a move
Oh you, some kinda woman
You, some kinda woman
I'm like a kid standin' outside your door
You make me feel like never before
I feel the heat risin' up in my soul
I'm burnin' out of control
You, some kinda woman
You yeah, some kinda woman
Some kinda woman, yeah
Oh you, some kinda woman
You, some kinda woman
Look into my heart for what you want
Sayin' that you will and then you won't
Look into my heart for what you want
Sayin' that you do and then you don't
You, some kinda woman
Oh you, some kinda woman
Oh you, some kinda woman
You hey, some kinda woman
Some kinda, some kinda woman
You some kinda woman
Kinda, some kinda woman
You some kinda woman
You, you some kinda woman
You, you some kinda woman
Some kinda woman
Well you think you had a good time
With the boy that you just met
Kicking sand from beach to beach
Your clothes all soaking wet
But if you look around and see
A shadow on the run
Don't be too surprised if its just a paper sun
Ahh Paper Sun, Ahh Paper Sun
In the room where you've been sleeping
All your clothes all thrown about
Cigarettes burn window sills
Your meter's all run out
But then again its nothing
You just split when day is done
Pitching lips to nowhere, hung up on the paper sun
Standing in the cool of my room
Fresh cut flowers give me sweet perfume
Too much sun will burn!
When you're feeling tired and lonely
You see people going home
You can't make the train fare
Or the six pence for the phone
And icicles your crying
From your cheek have just begun
Dont be sad, good times are had
Beneath the paper sun
Daylight breaks while you sleep on the sand
A seagull is stealing the ring from your hand
The boy who had given you so much fun
Well, my temp'rature's risin' and my feet on the floor
Twenty people knockin' 'cause they're wanting some more
Let me in, baby, I don't know what you've got
But you'd better take it easy, this place is hot
So glad we made it, so glad we made it
You gotta gimme some lovin', gimme some lovin'
Gimme some lovin' every day
Well, I feel so good, ev'rything is sounding hot
Better take it easy 'cause the place is on fire
Been a hard day and I don't know what to do
Wait a minute, baby, it could happen to you
So glad we made it, so glad we made it
You gotta gimme some lovin', gimme some lovin'
Gimme some lovin' every day
Well, I feel so good, ev'rybody's gettin' high
Better take it easy 'cause the place is on fire
Been a hard day, nothin' went too good
Now I'm gonna relax, honey, ev'rybody should
So glad we made it, so glad we made it
You gotta gimme some lovin', gimme some lovin'
Found someone who can comfort me, but there are always exceptions
And she's good at appearing sane, but I just want you to know
She's the one makes me feel so good when everything is against me
Picks me up when I'm feeling down, so I've got something to show
Staring at empty pages, centered 'round the same plot
Staring at empty pages, flowing along in the ages
Often lost and forgotten, the vagueness and the mud
Here's a little song you can all join in with
It's very simple and I hope it's new
Make your own words up if you want to
Any old words that you think will do, yeah
Yellow, blue, what'll I do? Maybe I'll just sit here thinking
Black, white, stop the fight, does one of these colours ever bother you?
Here's a little dance you can all join in with
It's very simple and I hope it's new
Make your own steps up if you want to
Any old steps that you think will do
Left, right, don't get uptight, keep in line and you'll be alright
Clap hands, move around, make sure no one puts you down
Here's a little world you can all join in with
It's very simple and I hope it's new
Make your own life up if you want to
Any old life that you think will do
Love, yeah, it's nothing new, there's someone much worse off than you are
Withering tree, bearing no fruit
Never will see an evergreen suit
Reaching right out, out for the sun
Broken old branches, fall one by one
Into the arms of eternity
Fighting the fish up from the deep
Oh how I wish the lake would not sleep
Following dreams into the blue
There you will see, hidden from view
Trees in the arms of eternity
When the eagle flies you'd better watch your eyes
He's gonna sweep everything in his path
And when the heavens cry it's gonna drown the sky
And you'll get caught in the aftermath
When the mountains move it's no good trying
To prove that you've been doing everything you can
And don't you start to cry when you're about to die
You gotta stand up and take it like a man
Because you've been taking instead of giving
And all the while you've been living lies
Economics, all your atomics
Ain't gonna save you from that bird in the sky
And when the good times roll wrapped up in your mink coat
You will be stepping from your Cadillac
You will be stepping from your Cadillac
And in a micro flash you're gonna feel the lash
Of big eagle's wing across your back
And when the seas subside you'll see him glide right out of view
In clouds of snow the rains will come
And wash away the scum so that all the little flowers can grow
There'll be no more taking, only giving
And the sun pouring down
No economics and no atomics
Just the spread of Mother Nature's gown
Everything really is stupidly simple
And yet all around is utter confusion
Fairy tales written may help you to see it
Do you understand about Lewis's Alice?
We fit all our lives into regular patterns
All that we really know is that we're really living
The man that seeks the world his wisdom
Seeks to know his mind
And knowing where his feet should walk
And when he should or should not talk
And have a friend to find
Don't look around to find the sound
That's right beneath your feet
The hermit sits inside his cave
And seeks to know his mind
Staring into empty space
And seeing things in people's faces others cannot find
Don't look around to find the sound
That's right beneath your feet
We've nothing to hide so why try to hide it?
I know there are some but they're screwed up inside
If you need a reason for all this I'm singing
If you see something that looks like a star
And it's shooting up out of the ground
And your head is spinning from a loud guitar
And you just can't escape from the sound
Don't worry too much, it'll happen to you
We were children once, playing with toys
And the thing that you're hearing is only the sound of
The low spark of high-heeled boys
The percentage you're paying is too high priced
While you're living beyond all your means
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams
But today you just read that the man was shot dead
By a gun that didn't make any noise
But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest was
The low spark of high-heeled boys
If you had just a minute to breathe and they granted you one final wish
Would you ask for something like another chance?
Or something similar as this? Don't worry too much
It'll happen to you as sure as your sorrows are joys
And the thing that disturbs you is only the sound of
The low spark of high-heeled boys
If I gave you everything that I owned and asked for nothing in return
Would you do the same for me as I would for you?
Or take me for a ride, and strip me of everything including my pride
But spirit is something that no one destroys
And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound
Struggling with confusion, disillusionment too
Can turn a man into a shadow, crying out from pain
Through his nightmare vision, he sees nothing, only well
Blind with the beggar's mind, he's but a stranger
He's but a stranger to himself
Suspended from a rope inside a bucket down a hole
His hands are torn and bloodied from the scratching at his soul
Through his nightmare vision, he sees nothing, only well
Blind with the beggar's mind, he's but a stranger
He's but a stranger to himself
Through his nightmare vision, he sees nothing, only well
Blind with the beggar's mind, he's but a stranger
You said you couldn't leave me after all that we'd been through
I believed you when you said we should both try something new
I was drowning inside here with a love that was so true
But you laughed right in my face and there was nothing I could do
Once I took a walk across the hill to see what I could see
I saw a light falling from the sky and land beneath a tree
The light it gave was oh, so bright that it took away my care
I ran back to the house to tell you but you were not there
When you've loved someone dearly it's so hard not to regret
Memories that have faded, suddenly you can't forget
I know I was not dreaming when you walked right out the door
Just a feeling that told me my love was gone for evermore
When you think you've found the key, the door just slips away
And so you walk the floor all night until the break of day
Somewhere in your mind you know that things will be alright
Because everything in life is equal just like the day and night
You said you couldn't leave me after all that we'd been through
I believed you when you said that we should both try something new
You rise upon a black day, coming from a mile away
And every time I hear you say, that I don't have to be this way
You sneak upon a mean moon, that casts it's shadow too soon
When the spell is in tune, your shadow slips away
Good man gets the good wife, while bad boy's cleaning up his knife
And all I got is trouble and strife to help me on my way
You're running round to nowhere, someone said it might be there
But I'm telling you beware, the hand that fights you'll feed
Investigating downtown, Sergeant Gruesome got shot down
National Guard came all around, but couldn't find his knees
Mickey Mouse was all put out, Donald Duck began to shout
In a Shanghai Noodle Factr'y
Place where I once used to be
No where doing nothing
People there were made of steel
Tiny cogs in one big wheel
Turning never learning
Had to make a break
And soon I had to wake up feeling stronger, feeling stronger
In my island of dreams, with impossible schemes
In a Shanghai Noodle Factr'y
Place where I once used to be
No where doing nothing
People there were made of cans
Packed like roosters in a pen
Crowing, never knowing
Had to make a break
I knew I couldn't fake it any longer
Everything just aches
Soon I'd have to wake up feeling stronger, feeling stronger
Sitting in a transit all night long
Playing clubs and rocking right on
The road's much too long since I've been wasting my time
Wish I was home again sipping my wine
And I'm gone, gone, gone, I don't care
'Cause I'm gone, gone, gone, I don't care
It's where I'm from, I'm on the road again
LA to London is a mighty long time
Eight hours flying can bring you down
Sitting near a suit who's a red-neck going,
Eyes are moving but there's no life showing
Now that I'm home again
Things are much better, biding my time with my little go-getter
No matter what they say, no matter what they do,
Gonna end up in the middle of that rock & roll stew
I'm looking for a girl who has no face
She has no name, or number
And so I search within his lonely place
Knowing that I won't find her
Well, I can't stop this feeling deep in inside me
Ruling my mind
I feel no sound
Don't know where I'm bound
The scenery is all the same to me
Nothing has changed or faded
I'm a part of it, some part of me
Painted cool green, and shaded
So, try to find myself must be the only way
