Stone Of Sisyphus

Summertime came too soon,
Summers in kansas often do.
And the air was still,
I felt the pull.
I recall the heat rising from the ground in a way.
And i knew i was the first to pass this way.

I believe i step across some line,
Or i stumble through the doorway in space and time,
Like a drunk who blacks out from the wine,
Never remembers his name.

Always feel so alone,
Wherever i am i feel the pull,
And the life i've left behind the pull.
And in case i have no future, i've got the past
There's no telling just how long this play will last.

I believe i step across some line,
Or i stumble through the doorway in space and time,
Like a drunk who blacks out from the wine,
Never remembers his name,
Never remembers.

I'm down, walking through a storm.
I hear a voice inside, crying,
It calls my name like a judge accusing,
Black robe hanging down, whoah,
Don't forget be brave about your love.

Well i walk across the murky room,
And there's flashes in my eyes,
I don't know what i'm doin'.
Like a drunk who blacks out from the wine,
Never remembers his name.
Like a drunk who blacks out from the wine,
Never remembers his name,
Never remembers his name,
I never remember my name.

A third floor walk-up...
One block east of chinatown.
She walked by my window,
While the rain is pouring down.
Looking in she sees the easy money life everywhere
And it's clear she don't approve.
(and it's clear she don't approve)
Through a cloud of smoke i shoot a little smile over there.
And i .........

She don't mah jong, mah jong she don't play.
She don't mah jong, wait she don't let me wait.
She don't mah jong, mah jong she don't play.
But she loves to play ....

With the dark eyes burning,
I am opening the wall.
Can there be no other chance?
I feel my fortune's turning,
And i wish for nothing else at all.
Looking up i see her signal with her fingers through her hair
Telling me the hands are clean.
On the .......... i turn a dragon tail into a pair.
And the game is over.

She don't mah jong, mah jong she dont play.
She don't mah jong, wait she don't let me wait.
She don't mah jong, mah jong she don't play.
Though i don't obey her,
Still she loves to play her
(repeat chorus)

A tree blows up
From where the lanterns light the parlors on the street
.... waiting at the .....
And though there are not many things a pawn would ....
I'll beat.
We enjoyed the difference.

She don't mah jong, mah jong she don't play
(out)

(i wasn't to sure on the lyrics...email em if you know em!)

In the middle, of a dream
Thought i saw, sacred love supreme.
So beautiful, yet so obscene
But i'm not sure i'm sleeping.

And in a golden sun,
I saw hitler ..... angels.
A little baby with a big .....
I saw jesus kissing the devil.

Gonna take some time for me to
Get on this, get on this.
Gonna take an angel's kiss to
Get on this, get on this.
When i go to sleep tonight,
I must remember to close my eyes.

Saw a mother,
Take a needle.
Burning water,
Drowning the pain.
A soft spot for a ....... .......
She had a baby that had no name.

They say a day will come
When a bright light shines all around you.
I thought .... ..... new millenium,
Where only happiness will surround you.

Gonna take some time for me to,
Get on this, get on this.
Gonna take an angel's kiss to
Get on this, get on this.
When i go to sleep tonight,
I must remember to close my eyes.

Since i .............
The world upside down,
Life is a ...........
Still the world.......

And in a full moon's sun,
I saw ........ making some ashes,
Beside a bonfire of babylon.
...................................

Repeat chorus

Something i forgot that i used to know
Keeps on coming back around.
Somewhere in the dark right before the dawn
Like a light from down the hall.
Suddenly some old familiar music
Songs i know i've never heard before.
I gotta play along i can't refuse it
I hear the call.

We've all been so proud of our blindness
No kindness to share
I used to cry for the lost
Until i had to turn away.
Then i looked inside, past the fool,
And found some deeper words to say
To bring us together.
We can make it better
We can make it right.

We hide behind the veil of our own success,
While we're following the rules.
Our eyes refuse to see past our little hands
To the never changing truth.
Freedom needs to speak a little louder,
Justice needs to try her other arm.
Some of us could push a little harder
To sound the alarm.
And i see children marching
And i hear the drums again

I used to cry for the lost
Until i had to turn away.
Then i looked inside, past the fool,
And found some deeper words to say.
If we hope and pray,
It will come, give it half a chance.
Everyone, understand
In our hearts and our mind,
You know there's nothing left to hide,
We're already there.

I used to cry.
Cry for the lost i was walking away.
I used to try to find a reason.
Then i looked inside,
I used to mind everytime i was walking away,
I gotta find what i'm feeling
To bring us together.

Repeat chorus

I've been trapped in the madness,
From the shadows of sadness
I laugh it away.
I've been blind to the passion
While the whole world is flashing
I stash it away.
While i'm singing of freedom,
I'm trying to sell
What i never had.
Hoping i'll be released from my own kind of hell
Cause i lost the key to my past.

The show must go on.
It seems like there's something i'm leaving behind.
The show must go on.
Cause the dreams that i'm having,
I'm having all the time.
The show must go on.

There will be no confessions,
Cause i'd only be guessing just where to begin.
There's only one thing i'm knowing
This feeling ain't blowing
Away with the wind.
And i'm tired of turning my back on myself
Throwing truth away.
Let the fire burn down the front door to myself
And give me a season of play.

The show must go on,
I just keep pretending to live for the game.
The show must go on.
I just keep on bending the rules to fit the pain.
It's time for collecting
What i've been neglecting.
It's gonna be a little strange.
Cause one day i'll be gone,
And i'll be back in time(town?).
Nothing's gonna, nothing's gonna
Be the same.

The show must go on,
And i just keep pretending to live for your game,
The show must go on,
I just keep on bending the rules to fit the pain.
Put on the face,
Win every race,
I'm just so strong can't you see,
And i keep up the pace,
I won't leave a trace.
Of .........................
Still going on, still going on.

The show must go on,
The show must go on.
(fade out)

Come, let's talk just you & me
For once just let me be.
The little boy you used to know.
Relive that summer's bliss.
Cause they came no more like this.
Those were the days,
The days when love was still in style.

All i ever dreamed i'd be
Is what you are to me.
Bigger than elvis.
And for all the missing years,
A memory reappears.
Bigger than elvis.

I saw you on tv.
The king, you were to me.
Could you feel me watching you?
At times my heart got mad,
Only heros are allowed
To run free, that they could come back inside of me.

All i ever dreamed i'd be,
Is what you are to me.
Bigger than elvis.
And for all the missing years,
A memory reappears.
Bigger than elvis.

We know the sadness of goodbyes
Must be the one that's bringing tears to your child's eyes.

Oh, from now on i'll walk with you
Making music like you do.
Would you believe i always knew?

You were never hard to take
In some mysterious way
Bigger than elvis
And for all the missing years
Your memory reappears
Bigger than elvis.

Now i've found the missing years,
Forgotten all my tears.
I've found the missing years.