And the wayward wind is a restless wind
A restless wind that yearns to wander
And he was born the next of kin
The next of kin to the wayward wind
Away out here they’ve got a name
for rain and wind and fire.
The rain is Tess, the fire’s Joe.
They call the wind Maria.
Lady I know there, name of Christina
Six lonely lifetimes since I’ve seen her
She takes you places your heart cannot go
Lady, when you’re with me I’m smiling
Give me all your love
Your hands build me up when I’m sinking
Touch me and my troubles all fade
Touch me in the morning, then just walk away
We don’t have tomorrow, but we had yesterday
Hey, wasn’t it me who said
That nothin’ good’s gonna last forever
And wasn’t it me who said
Let’s just be glad for the time together
I will never love you,
The cost of love’s too dear.
But though I’ll never love you,
I’ll stay with you one year.
The soldiers close in under a yellow moon
All shadows and deliverance
Under a black flag
A hundred years of blood
Sound the death tone on our march for revenge
Spill the blood of my enemies, the oath of a friend
Fight the holy war for the crown and the ring
Six magic circles made by the blood of the kings
We’ve got magic to do… Just for you
We’ve got miracle plays to play
We’ve got parts to perform… Hearts to warm
Kings and things to take by storm
As we go along our way.
We’re all alone on the stage tonight
We’ve been told we’re not afraid of you
We know all our lines so well, uh-huh
We’ve said them so many times
Time and time again, line and line again.
All the world’s indeed a stage
And we are merely players
Performers and portrayers
Each another’s audience outside the gilded cage
And here, she’s acting happy
Inside her handsome home
And me, I’m flying in my taxi
Taking tips, getting stoned
Don’t go near the water till you learn how to swim
The parodies and prophecies, cataclysm
Probably a proverb, like blood from a stone
And happy is this hero, never needing a throne
Must be something in the water they drink
It’s been the same with every girl I’ve had
Must be something in the water they drink
'Cuz why else would a woman wanna treat a man so bad?
When a man loves a woman
He can do no wrong
He can never own some other girl
Yes when a man loves a woman
I know exactly how he feels
'Cause baby, baby, baby, you’re my world
Porcelina, she waits for me there
With seashell hissing lullabyes
And whispers fathomed deep inside my own
Hidden thoughts and alibis
Her secret thoughts come alive
Porcelina of the oceans blue
Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river,
You can hear the boats go by you can spend the night beside her,
And you know that she’s half crazy but that’s why you wanna be there,
And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China,
I can picture every move that a man could make
Getting lost in her lovin’ is your first mistake
Sundown you better take care
If I find you been creepin’ ‘round my back stairs
Sometimes I think it’s a sin
When I feel like I’m winnin’ when I’m losin’ again
Do you remember mama, when I knocked upon your door?
I said you had the nerve to tell me you didn’t want me no more, yeah
I open my front door, hear my back door slam
You know I must have one of them new fangled, new fangled back door man
I try to sing this song
I…I try to get in
But I can’t find the door
The door is open
You’re standing there
You let me in