Obscured by clouds

Bridges burning gladly

Merging with the shadows

Flickering between the lines

Stolen moments floating softly on the air

Borne on wings of fire and climbing higher



Ancient bonds are breaking

Moving on and changing sides

Dreaming of a new day

Cast aside the other way

Magic visions stirring

Kindled by and burning flames rise in her eyes



The doorway stands ajar

The walls that once were high

Beyond the gilded cage

Beyond the reach of ties

The moment is at hand

She breaks the golden band

Come on, my friends

Let's make for the hills

They say there's gold

But I'm looking for thrills

You can get your hands on whatever we find

Because I'm only coming along for the ride

Well, you go your way

I'll go mine

I don't care if we get there on time

Everybody's searching for something they say

I'll get my kicks on the way



Over the mountains

Across the seas

Who knows what will be waiting for me?

I could sail forever to strange sounding names

Faces of people and places don't change

All I have to do is just close my eyes

To see the seagulls wheeling in those far distant skies

All I want to tell you

All I want to say

Is count me in on the journey

Don't expect me to stay

Heaven sent the promised land

Looks alright from where I stand

'Cause I'm the man on the outside looking in



Waiting on the first step

Show where the key is kept

Point me down the right line because it's time

To let me in from the cold

Turn my lead into gold

'Cause there's chill wind blowing in my soul

And I think I'm growing old



Flash the readies... wots...uh the deal

Got to make to the next meal

Try to keep up with the turning of the wheel

Mile after mile

Stone after stone

Turn to speak, but you're alone

Million miles from home

You're on your own



So let me in from the cold

Turn my lead into gold

'Cause there's chill wind blowing in my soul

And I think I'm growing old



Fire bright by candlelight

And her by my side

And if she prefers we will never stir again

Someone said the promised land

And I grabbed it with both hands

Now I'm the man on the inside looking out

Hear me shout 'Come on in

What's the news and where you been?'

'Cause there's no wind left in my soul

And I've grown old

You shout in your sleep

Perhaps the price is just too steep

Is your conscience at rest

If once put to the test?

You awake with a start

To just the beating of your heart

Just one man beneath the sky

Just two ears

Just two eyes



You set sail across the sea

Of long past thoughts and memories

Childhood's end

Your fantasies

Merge with harsh realities

And then as the sail is hoist

You find your eyes are growing moist

And all the fears never voiced

Say you have to make your final choice



Who are you and who am I

To say we know the reason why?

Some are born

Some men die

Beneath one infinite sky

There'll be war

There'll be peace

But everything one day will cease

All the iron turned to rust

All the proud men turned to dust

And so all things, time will mend

So this song will end

One, two, three, four



The memories of a man in his old age

Are the deeds of a man in his prime

You shuffle in gloom of the sickroom

And talk to yourself as you die



Life is a short, warm moment

And death is a long cold rest

You get your chance to try in the twinkling of an eye

Eighty years, with luck, or even less



So all aboard for the American tour

And maybe you'll make it to the top

And mind how you go

And I can tell you 'cause I know

You may find it hard to get off



And You are the angel of death

And I am the dead man's son

And he was buried like a mole in a fox hole

And everyone's still on the run

And who is the master of fox hounds?

And who says the hunt has begun?

And who calls the tune in the courtroom?

And who beats the funeral drum?



The memories of a man in his old age

Are the deeds of a man in his prime

You shuffle in gloom of the sickroom

And talk to yourself till you die