City of the Sun (a Kevin Gilbert cover)

Duration

5:58

Genres

Modern Rock

Description

Lyrics

The attendant at the Texaco saw the guitar case in my back seat and decided to impart his tragic tale He said: “I used to play in a band like you, we even made a record too” and sang a bar that hardly rang a bell Now I’m not one to make a lot of omens and premonitions and fleeting thoughts but I must admit that I tried to avoid his stare ‘Cause I didn’t want to see him see himself in me with the look of an extinguished flame that might be lurking there Waxing sad with drip and dreg, c’mon now Toto get off my leg, you gotta remember we’re not in Kansas anymore And remember always to look both ways, say “please” and “thank you” and curtsey twice before you gore their sacred dinosaurs… Welcome to the City of the Sun Johnny on the sidewalk, Johnny on the street, Johnny in the places where the outlaws meet Johnny on the sofa, Johnny shaking hands, Johnny got a spinning head in wonderland Welcome to the City of the Sun Oh Johnny you’ve got a song in your heart You’ve got important things to say We’re here to help you make a new start We’re not gonna take your heart away You stand before us like a veiled figure at the end of a long gallery Distant and forever mysterious Advice from the tasteless to the bland Wash all that magic from your hands Make it so we might understand Good Morning Precious... Good Morning Special I've got news for you. There's millions like you Where power seems to get no rest it's the shaming of the true I guess and Zombie, I can see you're qualified Johnny on the sidewalk, Johnny on the street, Johnny in the places where the bigwigs meet Welcome to the City of the Sun Oh, Johnny you've got a seed in your head It is the seed of your demise Ambition's gonna lure you away Into the land of compromise You stand before us like a brash over-ripened nectarine and someone better pick you soon Advice for the dying from the dead Silence the voices in your head Wouldn't you rather eat instead?