Cygnus X-1 Lyrics

Living on a lighted stageApproaches the unrealFor those who think and feelIn touch with some realityBeyond the gilded cageCast in this unlikely roleIll-equipped to actWith insuffic...Read Full Lyrics

The way outIs the way inThe way outIs the way inOut of touchWith the weather and the wind directionWith the sunriseAnd the phases of the moonOut of touchWith life in the land of th...Read Full Lyrics

An ill wind comes arisingAcross the cities of the plainThere's no swimming in the heavy waterNo singing in the acid rainRed alertRed alertIt's so hard to stay togetherPassing throu...Read Full Lyrics

In the constellation of CygnusThere lurks a mysterious, invisible forceThe Black Hole of Cygnus X-1 Six stars of the northern crossIn mourning for their sister's lossIn a final fla...Read Full Lyrics

Grim-faced and forbiddingTheir faces closed tightAn angular mass of New YorkersPacing in rhythmRace the oncoming nightThey chase through the streets of ManhattanHead-first humanity...Read Full Lyrics

Driving away to the east, and into the pastHistory recedes in my rear-view mirrorCarried away on a wave of music down a desert roadMemory humming at the heart of a factory townAll ...Read Full Lyrics

Our first stop is in BogotàTo check Columbian fieldsThe natives smile and pass alongA sample of their yieldSweet Jamaican pipe dreamsGolden Acapulco nightsThen Morocco, and the Ea...Read Full Lyrics

Under the gaze of the angelsA spectacle like he's never seenSpinning lights and facesDemon music and gypsy queensThe glint of iron wheelsBodies spin in a clockwork danceThe smell o...Read Full Lyrics

I can learn to resistAnything but temptationI can learn to co-existWith anything but pain I can learn to compromiseAnything but my desiresI can learn to get alongWith all the thing...Read Full Lyrics

Midway hawkers calling "try your luck with me"Merry-go-round wheezing the same old melodyA thousand ten-cent wonders, who could ask for more?A pocketful of silver, the key to heave...Read Full Lyrics