Mad Man Moon (2007 Digital Remaster)

Song Mad Man Moon (2007 Digital Remaster)
Artist Genesis
Album A Trick Of The Tail

Lyrics

[00:18.56] Was it summer when the river ran dry,
[00:24.16] Or was it just another dam.
[00:30.25] When the evil of a snowflake in June
[00:35.16] Could still be a source of relief.
[00:41.13] O how I love you, I once cried long ago,
[00:47.00] But I was the one who decided to go.
[00:52.86] To search beyond the final crest,
[00:56.42] Though I'd heard it said just birds could dwell so high.
[01:10.04] So I pretended to have wings for my arms
[01:16.82] And took off in the air.
[01:21.49] I flew to places which the clouds never see,
[01:26.88] Too close to the deserts of sand,
[01:32.60] Where a thousand mirages, the shepherds of lies
[01:38.62] Forced me to land and take a disguise.
[01:44.30] I would welcome a horse's kick to send me back
[01:48.52] If I could find a horse not made of sand.
[02:02.41] If this desert's all there'll ever be
[02:08.12] Then tell me what becomes of me.
[02:13.19] A fall of rain?
[02:16.23] That must have been another of your dreams,
[02:22.12] A dream of mad man moon.
[04:49.75] Hey man,
[04:51.34] I'm the sand man.
[04:52.60] And boy have I news for you;
[04:55.14] They're gonna throw you in gaol
[04:56.90] And you know they can't fail
[04:58.42] 'Cos sand is thicker than blood.
[05:01.35] But a prison in sand
[05:02.99] Is a haven in hell,
[05:04.60] For a gaol can give you a goal
[05:07.17] (and a) goal can find you a role
[05:09.06] On a muddy pitch in Newcastle,
[05:11.56] Where it rains so much
[05:13.12] You can't wait for a touch
[05:14.73] Of sun and sand, sun and sand...
[05:26.47] Within the valley of shadowless death
[05:31.42] They pray for thunderclouds and rain,
[05:37.29] But to the multitude who stand in the rain
[05:42.37] Heaven is where the sun shines.
[05:47.79] The grass will be greener till the stems turn to brown
[05:53.42] And thoughts will fly higher till the earth brings them down.
[05:59.14] Forever caught in desert lands one has to learn
[06:04.51] To disbelieve the sea.
[06:16.75] If this desert's all there'll ever be
[06:22.28] Then tell me what becomes of me.
[06:26.79] A fall of rain?
[06:30.31] That must have been another of your dreams,
[06:35.52] A dream of mad man moon.