The wild blessed me with an errant mind
Showing the way for the ultimate lore
I went around the world, beyond the wild
Finding my home from an ocean shore
Wayfarer, heart lander
What if I only had
One more night to live
Home is where the way is
My road goes on forever
One more voyage
One more voyage
One more voyage to go
Seventy-three men sailed up
From the San Francisco Bay
Rolled off of their ship, and here’s what they had to say
“We’re callin’ everyone to ride along to another shore
We can laugh our lives away and be free once more”
But no one heard them callin’
No one came at all
‘Cause they were too busy watchin’ those old raindrops fall
As a storm was blowin’ out on the peaceful sea
Seventy-three men sailing off to history
San Francisco morning, running clear and cold
Don’t know if I’m walking or I’m dreaming
Riding with Fats Waller on the Super G
He said, “Music’s real, the rest is seeming”
Oh, he played, feeling that won’t go away
Left the sound of his soul in the air
I can feel it out there, and I know
He left his soul shadows on my mind
On my mind, on my mind
Well, information is not knowledge
Knowledge is not wisdom
Wisdom is not truth
Truth is not beauty
Beauty is not love
Love is not music
Music is the best
Cities full of hatred
Fear and lies
Withered hearts
And cruel tormented eyes
Scheming demons
Dressed in kingly guise
Beating down the multitude
And scoffing at the wise
The hypocrites are slandering
The sacred halls of Truth
Ancient nobles showering
Their bitterness on youth
Can’t we find
The minds that made us stong
Can’t we learn
To feel what’s right and wrong
Teach your children well
Their father’s hell
Did slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one they pick’s the one you’ll know by
Then the teacher told me
It had been a lot of fun
Thanked me for my ticket
And all that I had done
Hey man! What’s the plan?
What was that you said?
Suntan, drink in hand
Lying there in bed
I tried to socialize but I just couldn’t find
What I was looking for
Got something on my mind
My baby moves at midnight
Goes right on till the dawn
My woman takes me higher
My woman keeps me warm
What you doin′ on your bed on your back? Ahhhh
What you doin’ on your bed on your back? Ahhhh
You should be dancing, yeah
Dancing, yeah
Street is jumping; tonight there’ll be a brawl
Old Lady McDuffy, she done give the cops a call
She might as well have called the army
Or the United States Marines
Cuz can’t nobody handle this Badstreet scene!
Badstreet, Atlanta, G-A!
The baddest Street in the whole U-S-A!
Badstreet, nasty and hot!
The further down the block you went, the badder it got
Brace yourself, I’ll take you on a trip down memory lane
This is not a rap on how I’m slingin crack or move cocaine
This is cul-de-sac and plenty Cognac and major pain
Not the drill sergeant, but the stress that weighing on your brain
It was Me, O-Boog, and Yaya, YG Lucky ride down Rosecrans
It got ugly, waving your hand out the window. Check yo self
Uh, warriors and Conans
Hope euphoria can slow dance with society
The driver seat the first one to get killed
While Mona Lisa and Mad Hatters
Sons of bankers, sons of lawyers
Turn around and say, ‘Good morning’
To the night
I was gambling in Havana
I took a little risk
Send lawyers, guns, and money
Dad, get me out of this
I can’t keep up with what’s been going on
I think my heart must just be slowing down
Among the human beings in their designer jeans
Am I the only one who hears the screams
And the strangled cries of lawyers in love
There’s a kind of hush all over the world tonight
All over the world, you can hear the sound of lovers in love
Hello, young lovers, whoever you are
I hope your troubles are few
All my good wishes go with you tonight
I’ve been in love like you
Hello, Mary Lou, goodbye, heart
Sweet Mary Lou, I’m so in love with you
I knew Mary Lou, we’d never part
So, hello, Mary Lou, goodbye, heart
[edit: the above is NOT from the following Supertramp song, to my total shock given the names]
Goodbye stranger, it’s been nice
Hope you’ll find your paradise
Tried to see your point of view
Hope your dreams will all come true
Goodbye, Mary, goodbye, Jane
Will we ever meet again?
Feel no sorrow, feel no shame
Come tomorrow, feel no pain
Sweet devotion (Goodbye, Mary), it’s not for me (Goodbye, Jane)
Just give me motion (Will we ever) and set me free (Meet again?)
And land and the ocean (Feel no sorrow), far away (Feel no shame)
The life I’ve chosen (Come tomorrow), every day (Feel no pain)
So goodbye, Mary (Goodbye, Mary), goodbye, Jane (Goodbye, Jane)
Will we ever (Will we ever) meet again? (Meet again?)
It’s a long day livin’ in Reseda
There’s a freeway runnin’ through the yard
And I’m a bad boy ‘cause I don’t even miss her
I’m a bad boy for breakin’ her heart
And I’m free
Free fallin’
Yeah, I’m free
Free fallin’
Do you remember, barefoot on the lawn with shooting stars?
Do you remember, loving on the floor in Belsize Park?
Do you remember, dancing in stilettos in the snow?
Do you remember, you never understood I had to go?
By the way, didn’t I break your heart?
Please excuse me, I never meant to break your heart
So sorry, I never meant to break your heart
But you broke mine
(Remember) Walking in the sand
(Remember) Walking hand in hand
(Remember) The night was so exciting
(Remember) Her smile was so inviting
(Remember) Then she touched my cheek
(Remember) With her fingertips
(Remember) Softly
Softly we met with a kiss