A sensitive time approaches just before dawn That carries them further to nowhere The fields will be gorged upon the sacrifice made Despite all their
The wheels of fortune Have snapped your fragile thread One night of passion Upset your cultured head But it's okay it's just the fashion You walk the
I miss those evenings and the company The lights go down around this place The nights are long and go on endlessly And I forget the human race But there
Friday night is almost over Not a word has passed between And before I get much older I know if I could live forever Nothing would change to better Nothing
The secret torn from a temple of stone Still living in memory grey and so cold Beneath the veil of the mystery lies Dark promises telling all none can
Move like the wind, burn like the sun Cool like the rain, fool everyone Fly like a bird, steal like a fox Jump like a clown, pull like the ox Be
With every word I hear there's no sympathy It was destroyed and swept away It is replaced by something I can't see To stay forever and always I'm going
These long nights as winter comes down There's fog at the door, you're not around There's silence, ooh, day after day The thought of it all slipping away
Wait, here's a word or two To you who are passing through Time is on your side Though some may be denied Just waiting, standing around The time
We talk endlessly don't get anywhere Born in reality cradled in care If you needed me or mistreated me Won't you still be there And those lonely nights
The falling leaves Drift by the window The autumn leaves Of red and gold I see your lips The summer kisses The sunburned hands I used to hold Since
A soldier cut loose in Saigon He used to be a farmer just like anyone A soldier cut loose in Saigon Even to his father he's a violent son Someone built
I bring you peace and understanding I give you freedom from your cares I bring the truth with no illusion To give you hope when you despair I have the
All of my dreams that fell through and had tasted so sour Take second place in my mind for this one sacred hour Still I've been moved for so long by this
Soldier of the line how does it feel You're far away from home polishing steel The sun moves in between the mountain and sky As dawn puts out its fingers
Now you've found yourself can you tell me how you feel Oh you look so well everything seems new and real Can you rise above all the worldly cares you
The morning slumbers not for me The sun has gone letting me down I wake in wonder I can see The rain has come turning me round The morning slumbers
Now everything's gone my way I'm a king among men I did what the people say With the sword not the pen All of my life, all of my life All of my life