Woke up this morning Set off down the road Left behind me all those years Searching for a common soul I've been looking for a thousand And one distractions
When all you have left are your memories And diamonds and pearls for company I'll be sailing to St. Lucia on the ocean breeze With the moon and my scars
Farewell my child it's time To leave this all behind Exchanging the river for the sea Farewell to saturday's child Cut loose before his prime Set adrift
Sometimes when I'm alone I imagine that the world is a mirror And in minds eye behold my dark inner nature I've been waiting time on this time honoured
The old clock is ticking now Marks the space between us Your memory enshrouds my heart For I am held a captive Sometimes my soul desires To take leave
I can see it in your eyes The vacant stare, the empty lie I can see it in your smile I give you an inch, you take a mile Politician Model citizen Politician
Ah, it's a happy time inside my mind When a melody does find a rhyme Says to me I'm comin' home to stay Oh, lord, home to stay I'm comin' home to stay
Never ever wanted to fight in your war Never wanted to fight your wars for you This boy only believes in love Never wanted to sign away my rights Never
It?s all over You?ve had your day out in the park You better come inside Before it gets too dark We?ve all had a great time Playing with our private
Can?t stop the hurt, can?t stop the bleeding I am invisible Can?t stop the thought, nor the feeling I don?t exist at all But when you call my name Do
I feel greater than the sum of all my parts A domestic beast with a hairy heart Trapped within a walled suburbia I've found my tastes are somewhat underground
Here I am believing words again Here I am trying to find your love again Here I am down on my knees again Praying for a love we used to know Both of
fade away ? Mother mother Can you tell me Where the fire goes When the flames cease ? "From the ashes to the astral plain Where the setting sun meets the sea, Brendan
All love's lost children Behind us... forgotten Youth lies broken Upon the wheel of the machine Each time we kill their song Time feeds our memories
I watch the TV, it is my world Takes my mind beyond these walls The more I see the less I care For all the people out there In my room, I see war In
The stars you see in the night sky Have been dead for centuries Sunlight creates the illusion Of life for all these years Now I no longer trust these
Spirit rise to greet the sun Takes my hand and beats the drum Tries to make me understand We are as one in a sea of sand. I' m praying for rain , To
away Mother, Mother Can you tell me Where the fire goes When the flames cease ? From the ashes, to the astral plain Where the setting sun meets the sea Brendan
