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I lie awake, staring out at the bleakness of Megadon. City and sky become one,
merging into a single plane, a vast sea of unbroken grey. The Twin Moons, just
two pale orbs as they trace their way across the steely sky. I used to think I
had a pretty good life here, just plugging into my machine for the day, then
watching Templevision or reading a Temple Paper in the evening.

Our first stop is in Bogota
To check Colombian fields
The natives smile and pass along
A sample of their yield
Sweet Jamaican pipe dreams
Golden Acapulco nights
Then Morocco, and the East,
Fly by morning light

We're on the train to Bangkok
Aboard the Thailand Express
We'll hit the stops along the way
We only stop for the best

Wreathed in smoke in Lebanon
We burn the midnight oil

A pleasant faced man steps up to greet you
He smiles and says he's pleased to meet you
Beneath his hat the strangeness lies
Take it off, he's got three eyes
Truth is false and logic lost
Now the fourth dimension is crossed...

You have entered the Twilight Zone
Beyond this world strange things are known
Use the key, unlock the door
See what your fate might have in store...

Sweet memories
Flashing very quickly by
Reminding me
And giving me a reason why
I know that
My goal is more than a thought
I'll be there
When I teach what I've been taught
And I've been taught...

You know we've told you before
But you didn't hear us then
So you still question why
No! You didn't listen again!
You didn't listen again!

Sweet memories
I never thought it would be like this

All of the seasons and all of the days
All of the reasons why I've felt this way
So long...
So long

Then lost in that feeling I looked in your eyes
I noticed emotion and that you had cried
For me,
I can see

What would touch me deeper...
Tears that fall from eyes that only cry?
Would it touch you deeper
Than tears that fall from eyes that know why?

A lifetime of questions, tears on your cheek

Waiting for the winds of change
To sweep the clouds away
Waiting for the rainbow's end
To cast its gold your way
Countless ways
You pass the days

Waiting for someone to call
And turn your world around
Looking for an answer
To the question you have found
Looking for
An open door

You don't get something for nothing
You can't have freedom for free
You won't get wise

Part I: Overture

"And the meek shall inherit the earth."

Part II: Temples of Syrinx

We've taken care of everything
The words you hear the songs you sing
The pictures that give pleasure to your eyes
It's one for all and all for one
We work together common sons
Never need to wonder how or why

We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx
Our great computers fill the hallowed halls

Yeah, oh yeah!
Ooh, said I, I'm comin' out to get you.
Ooh, sit down, I'm comin' out to find you.
Ooh, yeah. Ooh yeah.
Findin' my way!

I've been gone so long
I've lost count of the years.
Well, I sang some sad songs,
Oh yes, and cried some bad tears.

Look out! I'm comin', whoa, whoa,
Look out! I'm comin', whoa, yeah.

I'm runnin', finding my way back home.
Oh yeah!

Yeah, oh yeah!

I'm runnin' here, I'm runnin' there,
I'm lookin' for a girl.
'Cause there's nothin' I need, there's nothin' I want more
In the whole wide world.

Well, I need it quick and I need it now
Before I start to fade away
That's why I'm searchin', that's why I'm lookin'
Each and ev'ry day.

Chorus
Ooh, I need some love.
I said I need some love!
Oo yes, I need some love.
This feelin' I can't rise above.

Well, I'm lookin' at you,
And I'm wond'rin' what you're gonna do.
Looks like you got no friends,
No one to stick with you till the end.

Chorus
Take yourself a friend.
Keep 'em till the end.
Whether woman or man,
It makes you feel so good...
So good!

Yes, you think you're all right,
But now you're lonely ev'ry night.
Well, you need a friend,
Someone on whom you can always depend.

Chorus

I said I played this song so many times before
That the melody keeps repeating.
Growing new ideas, flowing chords and notes,
Like a mountain river bleeding.

Well, I say as I look back at all the thoughts I've had,
They reflect just what I'm learning.
Yes, you know that the hardest part, yes, I say it is to stay on top,
On top of a world forever churning.

Well, I see you standin' there
with your finger in the air.
Everything we do, you wanna leave it up to you.

Who do you think you are?
You think you are a star?
Tryin' to run the town, always tryin' to put us down.

Well, you think that you're right,
You think you're out of sight.
Tell me something, mister, why'd you have to make us so uptight?

Well, you say you've been tryin'.

Hey now, baby,
Well, I like your smile.
Won't you come and talk to me for a little while?

Well, you're makin' me crazy,
The way you roll them eyes.
Won't you come and sit with me? I'll tell you all my lies.

Chorus
Hey baby, it's a quarter to eight,
I feel I'm in the mood.
Hey baby, the hour is late,
I feel I've got to move.

Well, hey now, baby,
Don't you talk so fast.

Love won't see me comin'
On a Sunday noon today.
Still don't believe we're fadin',
But now the world should wait.

And now you're finally listenin'
To what I have to say.
Well, the time is right,
And it is today.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Maybe we could talk about it
And try to get it straight.
After all these years, baby,
Maybe it's too late.

But I really need to
Have you by my side,

I get up at seven, yeah,
And I go to work at nine.
I got no time for livin',
Yes, I'm workin' all the time.

Chorus
It seems to me
I could live my life
A lot better than I think I am.
I guess that's why they call me,
They call me the working man.

They call me the working man.
I guess that's what I am.

I get home at five o'clock,
And I take myself out a nice, cold beer.