Well, I'm flying down desert streets Wrapped in mother's wine and sheets Asbestos boots on flaming feet Dreaming of forbidden treats When uniforms on
Arabian wind, the needle's eye is thin The ships of state sail on mirage and drown in sand Out in no man's land where Allah does command What good is
I went down one day, I went down one day to see a Gypsy woman Just one old day, yes I did I want to find out, I want to find out I want to find out, I
I have seen where the wolf has slept by the silver stream I can tell by the mark he left, you were in his dream Ah child of countless trees Ah child of
Look for a while at the China cat sunflower Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun Copper dome bodhi drip a silver kimono Like a crazy quilt stargown
Take it, you can have it What I got, baby, I can't hold If you find the secret Tell me how to build the mold And I can't handle your problems Don't try
Come on all you pretty women with your hair a hanging down Open up your windows 'cuz the Candyman's in town Come on boys and gamble, roll those laughing
Oh, sinning is a gentilized journey Take Jesus as your daily guide Though you may feel pure and saintly Without Him walking by your side And when you
Comes a time when the blind man takes your hand Says, "Don't you see? Gotta make it somehow on the dreams you still believe Don't give it up, you got
Well she's coming down the stairs, combin' back her yellow hair And I ain't goin' be treated this old way, this old way And I ain't goin' be treated this
No, no! She can't take your mind and leave I know it's just another trick shes got up her sleeve I can't believe that she really wants you to die After
to do, to do for you to see you through? It's all a dream we dreamed one afternoon, long ago Walk into splintered sunlight, inch your way Through dead
The other day they waited The sky was dark and faded Solemnly they stated He has to die You know he has to die And all the children learning From books
I told Althea, I was feeling lost Lacking in some direction Althea told me upon scrutiny That my back might need protection I told Althea that treachery
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Mama said, "Don't go near that river Don't be hanging around Old Catfish John Come in the morning, I'd always be there Walking in his footsteps in the
Hey, comin' out around the world Be ready for a brand new beat Oh, summer's here and the time is right Oh, for dancing in the street Dancing in Chicago
Your rain falls like crazy fingers, peals of fragile thunder keeping time Recall the days that still are to come some sing blue Hang your heart on laughing