Days Are Numbers (The Traveller) - The Alan Parsons Project

Hope In the furnace, you know It can burn away slow Or it can come out like gold And mine Is walking the edge of the knife In the fire tonight In the fire, I fight With a song Carries on to the night Of the future that's bright The morning will bring One day, when sorrows are gone Further down and along We'll finally sing We'll sing Gone are the days When we cry-y-y, cry-y-y Here are the days When we'll fly-y-y, fly-y-y All our hopes will turn to sight Beyond the veil, in the morning light We'll sing gone Are the days I wait But it's so hard, you know To believe on your own That you'll be okay When sorrow keeps chasing me down I run till my feet hit the ground When we gather to pray As I reach For the bread and the wine For the comfort I"ll find Picture the scene One days To the table we'll come Every daughter and son, finally free We'll sing Gone are the days When we cry-y-y, cry-y-y Here are the days When we'll fly-y-y, fly-y-y All our hopes will turn to sight Beyond the veil, in the morning light We'll sing gone Are the days Finally, all is right Only love and light Finally, all is right When all is right... We'll sing Gone are the days When we cry-y-y, cry-y-y Here are the days When we'll fly-y-y, fly-y-y All our hopes will turn to sight Beyond the veil, in the morning light We'll sing gone Are the days

Were we're goin we won't need air No lookin' back from here on in It's moving on to better things Cause you deserve all, anything Forget everything you told It's greener grass and then some gold And maybe I should bite my tongue No, but I can't seem to fight it And gone are the days you used to Gone are the days Say you'll go back to the man who used you And if you've ever felt This way before I'll show you, girl What you've been waiting for I can free your mind Help you lose control Cause now is the time To show you, girl You come out the other side And you hold your head up high If he could only see you now And see how far you've passed him And gone are the days you used to Gone are the days Say you'll go back to the man who used you And if you've ever felt This way before I'll show you, girl What you've been waiting for I can free your mind Help you lose control Cause now is the time To show you, girl And gone are the days you used to Say you'll go back to the man who used you I'll treat you the best, and soothe you No, no anything less just won't do And if you've ever felt This way before I'll show you, girl What you've been waiting for I can free your mind Help you lose control Cause now is the time To show you, girl Gone are the days Gone are the days Gone are the days Gone are the days

Are you right here Jesus? Ah Buddha? Yeah Muhammad? Okay But all right friends, lets go They're 5 miles high as the crow flies Leavin' vapor trails against a blood red sky Movin' in from the east toward the west With balaclava helmets over their heads, yes But if you think that Jesus Christ is coming Honey you've got another thing coming If he ever finds out who's hijacked his name He'll cut out his heart and turn in his grave Islam is rising, the Christians mobilizing The world is on its elbows and knees It's forgotten the message and worships the creeds It's war, she cried, it's war, she cried, this is war Drop your possessions, all you simple folk You will fight them on the beaches in your underclothes You will thank the good Lord for raising the union jack You'll watch the ships sail out of harbor And the bodies come floating back Watch the ships sail out of harbor And the bodies come floating back But if you think that Jesus Christ is coming Honey you've got another thing coming If he ever finds out who's hijacked his name He'll cut out his heart and turn in his grave Islam is rising, the Christians mobilizing The world is on its elbows and knees It's forgotten the message and worships the creeds If the real Jesus Christ were to stand up today He'd be gunned down cold by the C.I.A Oh, the lights that now burn brightest behind stained glass Will cast the darkest shadows upon the human heart But God didn't build himself that throne God doesn't live in Israel or Rome God doesn't belong to the Yankee dollar God doesn't plant the bombs for Hezbollah God doesn't even go to church And God won't send us down to Allah to burn No, God will remind us what we already know That the human race is about to reap what it's sown Islam is rising, the Christians mobilizing The world is on its elbows and knees It's forgotten the message and worships the creeds The world is on its elbows and knees It's forgotten the message and worships the creeds The world is on its elbows and knees It's forgotten the message and worships the creeds The world is on its elbows and knees It's forgotten the message and worships the creeds Armageddon days are here again Armageddon days are here again Armageddon days are here again Armageddon days are here

My grandmama was a wise old soul Took me by the hand not long ago Said, "Son, what's your hurry, boy slow it down Taste the wild honey, listen to the sound of the Wind that's blowin' through the trees River is flowin' to the sea Yeah they're all headin' home just like you and me Life's for livin' child, can't you see there?" If these are the days we will remember And these are the times that won't come again, hmm The highest of flames becomes an ember And you gotta live 'em while you can And these are the days we will remember These are the days we will remember These are the days we will remember (Ooo ooh) An' these are the days we will remember (Ooo ooh) (Ooo ooh) So take 'em by the hand, they're yours and mine (Take 'em by the hand, ooh) Take 'em by the hand and live your life Take 'em by the hand don't let 'em all fly by (Take 'em by the hand, ohh) C'mon, C'mon now (Ooo ooh) Ooo days go by (Ooo ooh) Yeah, just like a hand out the window (Ooo ooh) Wavin' in the wind as the cars go by (Ooo ooh) Days go by Ooo ooh, ooo ooh Oo ooh, aah ooh

There are pyramids in my head There's one underneath my bed And my lady's getting cranky Every possible location Has a simple explanation And it isn't hanky-panky I had read Somewhere in a book They improve all your food and your wine, it said That everything you grow in your garden Would taste pretty fine, instead All I ever get is a pain in the neck And a yap-yap-yap-yap-yap-yap-yap-yap I've consulted all the sages I could find in yellow pages But there aren't many of them And the Mayan panoramas On my pyramid pajamas Haven't helped my little problem I've been told Someone in the know Can be sure that his luck is as good as gold Money in the bank And you don't even pay for it, if you fold A dollar in the shape Of the pyramid that's printed on the back It's no lie You can keep the edge Of a razor as sharp as an eagle's eye You can grow a hedge That is vertically straight over ten feet high All you really need is a pyramid and just a little luck La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-ooh La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-ooh I had read Somewhere in a book They improve all your food and wine And I've been told Someone in the know can be sure of his good luck And it's no lie All you really need is a little bit of pyramidic help

Watching, waiting Rising, falling Listening, calling Drifting Touching, feeling (I see your) Seeing, believing (shadow coming) Hoping, sending (closer every) Leaving (day) I couldn't say why you and I are Gemini If I tried to write a million words a day I see your shadow (I could not) Coming closer (say why you and) Then watch you (I are) Drifting away (Gemini) Watching (watching), waiting (waiting) Rising (rising), falling (falling) Listening (listening), calling (calling) Drifting (drifting, drifting, drifting) Touching (touching), feeling (feeling) (I feel your) Seeing (seeing), believing (believing) (shadow coming) Hoping (hoping), sending (sending) (closer every) Leaving (leaving) (day) (Leaving, leaving) I couldn't say why you and I are Gemini We are travelling a million worlds away I see your (watching) shadow (waiting) (I could not) Coming (rising) closer (falling) (say why you and) Then watch you (listening) (I are) Drifting away (Gemini) (Calling, calling, calling) Watch you (watching) (I could) Drifting away (not say why) Falling (falling) (you and I) Listen who's calling (calling, calling) (are Gemini) (Calling, calling, calling, calling, calling)