Obscured by Clouds

 
 
 

                       Obscured by Clouds (Instrumental)
 
 
 

                       When You're In (Instrumental)
 
 
 

                       Burning Bridges
                       Bridges burning gladly,
                       Merging with the shadows,
                       Flickering between the lines.
                       Stolen moments floating softly on the air,
                       Born on wings of fire and climbing higher.
                       Ancient bonds are breaking,
                       Moving on and changing sides.
                       Dreaming of a new day,
                       Cast aside the other way.
                       Magic visions stirring,
                       Kindled by and burning flames rise in her eyes.
                       The door stands ajar,
                       The wall that once were high.
                       Beyond the gilded cage,
                       Beyond the reach of ties.
                       The moment is at hand.
                       She breaks the golden band.
 
 
 

                       The Gold it's in The...
                       Come on, my friends,
                       Let's make for the hills.
                       They say there's gold but I'm looking for thrills.
                       You can get your hands on whatever we find,
                       Because I'm only coming along for the ride.
                       Well, you go yuor way,
                       I'll go mine.
                       I don't care if we get there on time.
                       Everybody's searching for something, they say.
                       I'll get my kicks on the way.
                       Over mountains, across seas,
                       Who knows what will be waiting for me?
                       I could sail forever to strange sounding names.
                       Faces of people and places don't change.
                       All I have to do is just close my eyes
                       To see the seagulls wheeling on those far distant skies.
                       All I want to tell you,
                       All I want to say is count me in on the journey.
                       Don't expect me to stay.
 
 
 

                       Wots...uh the Deal
                       Heaven said the promised land
                       Looks allright from where I stand
                       Cause I'm the man on the outside looking in
                       Waiting on the first step
                       Show where the key is kept
                       Point me down the right line because it's time
                       To let me in from the cold
                       Turn my land into gold
                       Cause there's chill wind blowing in my soul
                       And I think I'm growing old
                       Flash the red is wots...uh the deal
                       Got to make to the next meal
                       Try to keep up with the turning of the wheel.
                       Mile after mile
                       Stone after stone
                       Turn to speak but you're alone
                       Million mile from home you're on your own
                       So let me in from the cold
                       Turn my land into gold
                       Cause there's chill wind blowing in my soul
                       And I think I'm growing old
                       Fly bright by candlelight
                       Up out of my sight
                       And if she prefers we will never stir again
                       Someone said the promised land
                       And I grabbed it with both hands
                       Now I'm the man on the inside looking out
                       Hear me shout 'come on in, what's the news and where you
                       been?'
                       Cause there's no wind left in my soul
                       And I've grown old
 
 
 

                       Mudmen (Instrumental)
 
 
 

                       Childhood's End
                       You shout in your sleep.
                       Perhaps the price is just too stepp.
                       Is your conscience at rest if once put to the test?
                       You awake with a start to just the beating of your heart.
                       Just one man beneath the sky,
                       Just two ears, just two eyes.
                       You set sail across the sea of longpast thoughts and
                       memories.
                       Childhood's end,
                       Your fantasies merge with harsh realities.
                       And then as the sail is hoist,
                       You find your eyes are growing moist.
                       All the fears never voiced say you have to make your final
                       choice.
                       Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why?
                       Some are born;
                       Some men die beneath one infinite sky.
                       There'll be war, there'll be peace.
                       But everything one day will cease.
                       All the iron turned to rust;
                       All the proud men turned to dust.
                       And so all things, time will mend.
                       So this song will end.
 
 
 

                       Free Four
                       The memories of a man in his old age
                       Are the deeds of a man in his prime.
                       You suffle in gloom in the sickroom
                       And talk to yourself till you die.
                       Life is a short, warm moment
                       And death is a long cold rest.
                       You get your chance to try
                       In the twinkling of an eye:
                       Eighty years, with luck, or even less.
                       So all aboard for the American tour,
                       And maybe you'll make it to the top.
                       And mind how you go.
                       I can tell you, because I know.
                       You may find it hard to get off.
                       You are the angel of death
                       And I am the dead man's son.
                       And he died like a mole in a fox hole.
                       And everyone is still in the run.
                       And who is the master of fox hounds?
                       And who says the hunt has begun?
                       And who calls the tune in the courtroom?
                       And who beats the funeral drum?
                       The memories of a man in his old age
                       Are the deeds of a man in his prime.
                       You suffle in gloom in the sickroom
                       And talk to yourself till you die.
 
 
 

                       Stay
                       Stay and help me to end the day.
                       And of you don't mind,
                       We'll break a bottle of wine.
                       Stick around and maybe we'll put one down,
                       Because I wanna find what lies behind those eyes.
                       Midnight blue burning gold.
                       A yellow moon is growing cold.
                       I rise, looking through my morning eyes,
                       Surprised to find you by my side.
                       Rack my brain to try to remember your name
                       To find the words to tell you goodbye.
                       Morning dues.
                       Newborn day.
                       Midnight blue turn to gray.
                       Midnight blue burning gold.
                       A yellow moon is growing cold.
 
 
 

                       Absolutely Curtains (Instrumental)