Tom Sawyer 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

Aw, hey now, baby,Well, I like your smileWon't you come and talk to meFor a little while Well, you're making me crazyThe way you roll them eyesWon't you come and sit with meI'll te...Read Full Lyrics

Well, you can stake that claimGood work is the key to good fortuneWinners take that praiseLosers seldom take that blameIf they don't take that gameAnd sometimes the winner takes no...Read Full Lyrics

I knew he was different, in his sexualityI went to his parties, as a straight minorityIt never seemed a threat to my masculinityHe only introduced me to a wider reality As the year...Read Full Lyrics

There's something happening hereWhat it is ain't exactly clearThere's a man with a gun over thereTelling me I got to bewareI think it's time we stop, children, what's that soundEve...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

The snakes and arrows a child is heir toAre enough to leave a thousand cutsWe build our defenses, a place of safetyAnd leave the darker places unexploredSometimes the fortress is t...Read Full 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

His world is under observationWe monitor his stationUnder faces and the placesWhere he traces points of view He picks up scraps of conversationRadio and radiationFrom the dancers a...Read Full Lyrics

A modern-day warriorMean, mean strideToday's Tom SawyerMean, mean prideThough his mind is not for rentDon't put him down as arrogantHe reserves the quiet defenseRiding out the day'...Read Full Lyrics