Common Threads - Bobby McFerrin

Rampant hubris spreads Through empires built on fallacy Echoes conceit of the living and the dead Propagates the seeds of corroding deceit Eyes in the skies Poisoned wires run Lies pulling at threads Till they come undone Civilization unravels itself Denies the demise Which from avarice comes Dies, still pulling at its threads Breaking them one by one In saturnine gluttony, the monster feeds Cannibalizing on itself Until there's nothing left Even titans fall To the spells of Uranos Those slightest ploys At the heart of the avalanche Concealed from narcissist dementia The bane of giants hides in the small Horizons hypnotising, paralysing Gargantuan puppets To be destroyed From within By their minuscule masters Patiently watching corruption Run its course Scared and ensared in their nightmare Souls slowly drain, blind and unaware Stained with disdain, devout in hatred Vain, inane, bloated and insane Confident Cocky Lazy Dead

I don't want your golden mansions With a tear in every room All I want's the love you promised Beneath the halo moon But you think I should be happy With your money and your name And hide myself in sorrow While you play your cheatin' game Silver threads and golden needles Cannot mend this heart of mine And I'll never drown my sorrow In the warm glow of your wine You can't buy my love with money For I never was that kind Silver threads and golden needles Cannot mend this heart of mine Silver threads and golden needles Cannot mend this heart of mine And I'll never drown my sorrow In the warm glow of your wine You can't buy my love with money For I never was that kind Silver threads and golden needles Cannot mend this heart of mine Silver threads and golden needles Cannot mend this heart of mine

Well, it's a marvelous night for a moondance With the stars up above in your eyes A fantabulous night to make romance 'Neath the cover of October skies And all the leaves on the trees are fallin' To the sound of the breezes that blow An' I'm trying to please to the callin' Of your heartstrings that play soft and low And all the night's magic seems to whisper and hush And all the soft moonlight seems to shine in your blush Can I just have one more moondance with you, my love? Can I just make some more romance with you, my love? Well, I wanna make love to you tonight I can't wait 'til the morning has come And I know now the time is just right And straight into my arms you will run And when you come, my heart will be waiting To make sure that you're never alone There and then, all my dreams will come true, dear There and then, I will make you my own And every time I touch you, you just tremble inside And I know how much you want me that you can't hide Can I just have one more moondance with you, my love? Can I just make some more romance with you, my love? And all the night's magic seems to whisper and hush And all the soft moonlight seems to shine in your blush Can I just have one more moondance with you, my love? Can I just make some more romance with you, my love? Well, it's a marvelous night for a moondance Stars up above in your eyes A fantabulous night to make romance 'Neath the cover of October skies And all the leaves on the trees are falling To the sound of the breezes that blow And I'm trying to please to the calling Of your heartstrings that play soft and low And all the night's magic seems to whisper and hush And all the soft moonlight seems to shine in your blush Can I just have one more moondance with you, my love? Can I just make some more romance with you, my love? One more moondance with you In the moonlight, on a magic night All the moonlight, on a magic night Can I just have one more moondance with you, my love?