Kansas
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The Pilgrimage
Dark and silent brooding, stillness falls
Sounds caress the
waiting empty halls
Pilgrims flock from miles around
Seekers in the night
abound
All have come to feel the sound of joy
Patient eyes are watching from below
Mirror image flashing
in the glow
Hands are joined in energy
All approaching ecstacy
Harnessing the power in the air
Awesome in their patient majesty
Pouring forth the fruits
of harmony
Hands are joined in energy
All approaching ecstacy
Harnessing the power in the air
Lonely Street
Sometimes when I'm walking down this lonely street,
Well,
it sure don't seem like twenty years,
Since I went walking down this lonely
street
And the smell of perfumed ladies filled the air
This street ain't got no name, dead end is in the river,
And I lived where I hated life day by day,
There wasn't nothing I could do to
shake a cold night shiver,
'Cause to move up Lonely Street you had to have
some say
Gambling is bad luck down on Lonely Street
And it sure
ain't no place to be when a man gets sore
You know I killed a man and I paid
all I can,
With twenty years on a chain gang,
For the flesh and the blood
on that jailhouse floor
Sometimes when I'm walking down this lonely street
I get
caught up in a dream that won't let me go
And as the bright lights flash up
and down this lonely street
My mind rolls back the years long time ago
I see my baby stumblin' around with tears in her eyes
And
as I reach out for her she falls on the floor
She mumbles through bloody lips
about a bad man, robber, raper,
And in my gut I know I got one to score
The word was comin' down, down on Lonely Street
That the
bad man was a dead man if he crossed my trail
Every night I'd walk up and
down this Lonely Street
I get stinkin' drunk, and always in jail,
One
night they threw me in with a man they called the mangler
He was caught on
the street makin' some old whore,
I remember he was quite proud of that,
So half-crazed I shot him,
And I cried in the blood on that jailhouse floor.
Song For America
Virgin land of forest green, dark and stormy plains, here all
life abounds
Sunlit valley, mountain fields, unseen in the rain, here all
life abounds
No man rules this land, no human hand has soiled this paradise
Waiting patiently, so much to see, so rich in Earth's delights
Painted desert, sequined sky, stars that fill the night, here
all life abounds
Rivers flowing to the sea, sunshine pure and bright, here
all life abounds
No man rules this land, no human hand has soiled this
paradise
Waiting patiently, so much to see, so rich in Earth's delights
So the maiden lies in waiting, for the sails to reach the
shore
Land of beauty and abundance, innocent, you opened wide your door
Wanderers found the waiting treasure, full of gifts beyond their measure
Milk
and honey for our pleasure.....
Across the sea there came a multitude, sailing ships upon the
wave
Filled with visions of Utopia, and the freedom that they crave
Ravage, plunder, see no wonder, rape and kill and tear asunder
Chop the
forest, plow it under.....
Highways scar the mountainsides, buildings to the sky, people
all around
Houses stand in endless rows, sea to shining sea, people all
around
So we rule this land, and here we stand upon our paradise,
Dreaming
of a place, our weary race is ready to arise.
Child Of Innocence
Sweet child of innocence
Living in the present tense
Father Time will take his toll
Rack your body and steal your soul
What
became of all the years
Are you drowning in your tears
Who will catch you
when you fall
Who will hear you when you call
I will comfort you, take your hand and see you through
I
will take you through the door
Who do you think you are
Try to live forever and you won't
get far
I wait behind your door
Makes no difference if you're rich or poor
Though you're weary and afraid
Still you try to flee my blade
Come and
walk in my new land
If you'll only take my hand
In the image of those who have walked before me here
I am
cast in the web of an ancient spell
I am holding on to life, I'm drifting in
the stream
Everything's much clearer now
We live within a dream and never
wake
Judge not by what you see
More than you can count are here
with me
Give up your foolish pride
All that walk the earth have died!
Miracles Out Of Nowhere
On a crystal morning I can see the dewdrops falling
Down
from a gleaming heaven, I can hear the voices call
When you comin' home now,
son, the World is not for you
Tell me what's you point of view
Hey there
Mister Madman, wat'cha know that I don't know
Tell me some crazy stories, let
me know who runs this show
Glassy-eyed and laughing, he turns and walks away
Tell me what made you that way
Here I am just waiting for a sign
Asking questions,
learning all the time
It's always here, it's always there
It's just love,
and miracles out of nowhere
Tell me now dear Mother, what's it like to be so old
Children grown and leavin', seems the world is growin' cold
And though your
body's ailin' you, your mind is just like new
Tell me where you're goin' to
It's so simple right before your eyes
If you'll look
through this disguise
It's always here, it's always there
It's just love
and miracles out of nowhere
I sang this song a hundred, maybe a thousand years ago
No
one ever listens, I just play and then I go
Off into the sunset like the
western heroes do
Tell me what you're gonna do
Here I am, I'm sure to see a sign
All my life I knew that
it was mine
It's always here, it's always there
It's just love and
miracles out of nowhere
Opus Insert
There's a reason for all that rhymes,
it's the fact and the
way of the times
It's moving emotion, it's high and it's low,
no matter
where you go
There is something for all who
look, there's a story in every
book
All of the pages, between all the lines,
so much that you can find
But there's too many empty lives my friend
And we just
can't let them waste away
For this life is a precious thing my friend
And
we just can't wait another day
There's a message in every word,
and it's more than the
word you heard
It's moving emotion, it comes like a sea,
washing all over
me
For there's nothing that we can't do my friend,
cause the
spirit is with us all
And it's here and it's now, it's up and it's down
You can feel it surrounding us all.
After all we're all the same, only difference is a name and
where we are
In this crazy mixed up deal, there's so much that you can feel
Near and far it's where you are
And there's times when I can't contain all the feelings of
love I'll gain
It's there for the asking, it's for all of you if you would
take it too
Point Of Know Return
I heard the men saying something
The captains tell they pay
you well
And they say they need sailing men to
Show the way, and leave
today
Was it you that said, "How long, how long?"
They say the sea turns so dark that
You know it's time, you
see the sign
They say the point demons guard is
An ocean grave, for all
the brave,
Was it you that said, "How long, how long,
How long to the
point of know return?"
Your father, he said he needs you
Your mother, she says she
loves you
Your brothers, they echo your words:
"How far to the point of
know return?"
"Well, how long?"
Today I found a message floating
In the sea from you to me
It said that when you could see it
You cried with fear, the Point was near
Was it you that said, "How long, how long
To the Point of Know Return?"
Angels Have Fallen
Angels have fallen, fallen from heaven, where did they go
No one could save them no one forgave them their chance to know
When I hear
them below I think how it is to be weary
Children are restless they know what
can happen when men are vain
Talking in riddles won't keep them from knowing
you've gone insane
They know a few will try to gain by trying to live like
their teachers
Save me for now, save me forever
Hold me so close, I can't
bear to go
There's darkness around me or is it within me
You're living
forever, I'm dying so slow
Inside a window that leads to your conscience you'll see,
you'll hear
People are talking maybe you know them, they know you're near
Masking themselves from fear and asking themselves who their friends are
Well you say that you've been here in this life and time
You say it's no good here, but you say that so fine
You reach for your
winnings, an angelic excuse
Round them you act humble, still you never refuse
You better tell all your people to watch for a sign
Make them glad they are
living in this life and time
The angels have fallen, they've all gone away
It's you that must find them by living each day
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László Zoltán 2014
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