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Time - Echoes
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town Waiting for someone or something to show you the way Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain You […]
Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun. Shine on you crazy diamond. Now there’s a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky. Shine on you crazy diamond. You were caught on the cross fire of childhood and stardom, Blown on the steel breeze. Come on you target for faraway […]
The sweet smell of a great sorrow lies over the land Plumes of smoke rise and merge into the leaden sky: A man lies and dreams of green fields and rivers, But awakes to a morning with no reason for waking He’s haunted by the memory of a lost paradise In his youth or a […]
Harmlessly passing your time in the grassland away Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air You better watch out There may be dogs about I’ve looked over Jordan and I have seen Things are not what they seem. What do you get for pretending the danger’s not real Meek and obedient you […]
For millions of years mankind lived just like the animals Then something happenend which unleashed the power of our imagination We learned to talk There’s a silence surrounding me I can’t seem to think straight I’ll sit in the corner No one can bother me I think i should speak now ___________ why won’t you […]
Money, get away Get a good job with more pay and you’re O.K. Money, it’s a gas Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash New car, caviar, four star daydream, Think I’ll buy me a football team Money, get back I’m all right Jack, but keep your hands off my stack. Money, […]
Little by little the night turns around. Counting the leaves which tremble at dawn. Lotus’s lean on each other in yearning. Over the hills where a swallow is resting. Set the controls for the heart of the sun. Over the mountain watching the watcher. Breaking the darkness waking the grapevine. Morning to birth is born […]
(Instrumental) ‘And I am not frightened of dying, any time will do, I don’t mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There’s no reason for it, you’ve gotta go sometime.’ ‘I never said I was frightened of dying.’
