Cygnus X-1 / [Rush in Rio] Lyrics

I. OVERTURE-------------------------------------------------------------"I lie awake, staring out at the bleakness of Megadon. City and sky become one, merging into a single plane,...Read Full Lyrics

Why try? I know whyThe feeling inside me says it's time I was goneClear head, new life aheadIt's time I was king now, not just one more pawnFly by night, away from hereChange my li...Read Full Lyrics

A certain measure of innocenceWilling to appear naiveA certain degree of imaginationA measure of make-believeA certain degree of surrenderTo the forces of light and heatA shot of s...Read Full Lyrics

Here's a little trapThat sometimes catches everyoneWhen today's as far as we can seeFaith in bright tomorrowsGiving way to resignationThat's how it is, how it's going to beIt's suc...Read Full Lyrics

My uncle has a country placeThat no one knows aboutHe says it used to be a farmBefore the Motor LawAnd now on Sundays I elude the eyesAnd hop the turbine freightTo far outside the ...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

Proud swagger out of the schoolyardWaiting for the world's applauseRebel without a conscienceMartyr without a cause Static on your frequencyElectrical storm in your veinsRaging at ...Read Full Lyrics

As the waves crash inOn the western shoreThe wind blows fierce from the eastThe wave tops torn into flying spindrift, spindriftAs the waves crash inOn the western shoreIt makes me ...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

Begin the dayWith a friendly voiceA companion, unobtrusivePlays that song that's so elusiveAnd the magic music makes your morning mood Off on your wayHit the open roadThere is magi...Read Full Lyrics