New lyrics - pretty good, I think, so I'll share 'em with you ...
"Cling to Life like a Mascot - of the coming Charade
Play your Life like a Trumpet - through the Masquerade"
Been walkin' back and forth across this city
Ain't Nobody - nobody know the state I'm in
Been tryin' to wrap my mind around it, like the guy who walked through China with a wooden pack
(I've been bogged down)
Read "The Alchemist" - a gift from a friend of mine
Did you know that "gift" in german means poison?
We had a mean fight last Christmas, but he blamed it on his parents
(He's been bogged down)
Been up all night, watch the creeping morning sun
Can't sleep or eat, stuck in heavy solemn contemplation
But as I write, the Inspiration comes
I could turn in to the times, but would that solve the world?
Dunno ...
I've been to London, been to Disneyworld
Hitch-hiked to Bohemian Heaven undercover
I've scoured the planet, looking for the perfect girl
Like the poet said, they often say but do the other
INTERLUDE:
She appears brifly in my dreams (smiles and dissapates)
back into the fog of twilight, ghosts do materialize it seems ...
Wish I had a candle to light this room
Note on a fifty dollar bill says, "I Love You"
Was it written for me, or was it retrograde?
Gotta change this money before I change my ways
One man's rat hole is another's Sanctuary
Let's go to Pakistan on a dare
Let's call that sax player who doesn't eat dairy
He'll be chompin' on veggie beans 'n' playin' solos in his underwear
Do they see who you are? Guess we'll never know ...
I heard Seattle's goin' to the Superbowl
Do they believe in the Calico?
Or are they all just waiting for the trophy?
Seen revolutions, seen towers fall
Seems one thing's constant through it all
and that's the neverending Human Blunder
... I just sit back sad with wonder ... (we've been bogged down)
Another one by Todd. Hope you guys all dig it.
Peace.