(Chris DeGarmo, Geoff Tate) Behind my eyes I keep my truth from you. No one enters this secret place, the barrier only I embrace Time is fleeting now
Little girl sits in the corner, locked in a stare Arms waving madly at something that sadly isn't there Dressed in the day's best by a nurse who's nowhere
Watching the sand fall Listening for the knock upon my door And waiting for Promised Land Standing neck deep in life My ring of brass lay rusting on
When I fell from grace I never realized how deep the flood was around me. A man whose life was toil was like a kettle left to boil, and the water left
There's hunger in Africa And anger's on assembly lines At the touch of a button, I'm miles away I want no connection Just information and I'm gone I
Left my home in Norfolk, Virginia California on my mind Straddled that Greyhound and rode it into Raleigh And on across Caroline We stopped in Charlotte
Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep. And every moment I'm awake I pray the Lord my soul to take. Now as I walk down this winding
I left my home in Norfolk, Virginia California on my mind I straddled that Greyhound and rode it into Raleigh And on across Caroline I had motor trouble
They came from nowhere, with nowhere else to go They came with nothing but pockets full of dreams They came in hope, looking for the promised land They
Written by m.d. green. The sun is shining the children smiling As they walk along the golden sand The chosen people have climbed the steeple On their
In time of greed and jealousy When clouds fulfill the sky The rain will fall It's hding the tears from my eyes A trip right into fantasy The colours
Oh baby, can't eat, can't sleep Can't understand a love song You drive me crazy 'cause my feet won't quit As I go slidin' in the sweet zone Round, round
We didn't have a lot of fun in the desert We didn't have a lot of fun in the sand So saddle up your cow and fall behind us now 'Cause we're going to the
Oh baby, can't eat can't sleep Can't understand a love song Drive me crazy 'Cause my feet won't quit as I go slidin' in the sweet zone Round round like
How could you ever do such shit what the hell is wrong with you Fever I feel so hot I can't see straight bendover baby give it all you got you know I
I left my home in Norfolk Virginia California on my mind Straddled that Greyhound Rode him in the Raleigh And on across Caroline We had motor trouble
(chorus) well then yea well Alborosie deh on yah ooohh (chorus) children we're heading to di promise land know your roots know where you coming from
Opening the circle avoiding the loop linking patterns in a single group expending our lives further than this world widening our views, focusing our thoughts