Back again I'm holed up In the waiting room again Focused on the empty Getting underneath my skin How do I keep it? How do I keep it here? Look at how the time flies Burning daylight to the ground Wash away the ashes Gonna quiet my head down How do I keep it? How do I keep it here? 'Cause I wanna get high But you're keeping me low I don't got time to waste or time to kill I've had too much to think I wanna get high But you're taking me down down down Don't got time to waste or time to kill I've had too much to think Illuminate the shadow And try to keep the light within (keep the light within) Avoid another battle And forget what might have been How do I keep it? How do I keep it here? 'Cause I wanna get high But you're keeping me low I don't got time to waste or time to kill I've had too much to think I wanna get high (I wanna get high) But you're taking me down down down Don't got time to waste or time to kill I've had too much to think Oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh I've had too much to think As I walk through the valley of the shadow of LA See the faces of the people as they run away It's a permanent made distraction, the modern reaction The people don't have to feel the dissatisfaction It's a slow journey up but a quick ride on down And nobody here knowing their way around From the top of the world every which way is down And who's gonna take the crown? 'Cause I wanna get high (I wanna get high) But you're keeping me low (But you're keeping me low) I don't got time to waste or time to kill I've had too much to think I wanna get high (I wanna get high) But you're taking me down down down Don't got time to waste or time to kill I've had too much to think Oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh I've had too much to think

The smiles as she walked in the room Have all turned into frowns, am I too quick to assume That the love is no longer in bloom The tantrums and the tears play a very different tune To what they did before Her head's red raw And the ending doesn't sound like the happiest around When you sobbed before It felt much more like the product of a squabble Now there's reason for it to be something more And there would be Oh, it's uncertain whether the curtain has Shut for good, she Says "See, if it's still raining, I'm not dressed for it and If you loved me..." And I interrupted, received a scowl and stare But still decided to stop her there Would it be outrageous to say We're either shouting or we're shagging Docked in tempestuous bays At least that's how we felt yesterday The eyes are getting heavier and whether you're asleep or awake Is a mystery Would a kiss be too much to ask When you fit me as Sunday's frozen pitch fits the thermos flask It's a pity It just hit me, we can't go back To the chest touching on the back

I have wasted ten years in a blind-fold, Ten-fold more than I've invested now in sight. I have traveled beveled mirrors in a fly crawl, Losing the reflection of a fight. But like a compass seeking north, (seeking north). There lives in me a still, sure, spirit part. Clouds of doubt are cut asunder (clouds of doubt). By the lightning and the thunder Shining from the compass of my heart (shining from my heart). I have flown the frantic flight of the bat-wing And only known the dark because of that I have seized death's door-handle Like a fish out of the water Waiting for the mercy of the cat. But like a compass seeking north, (seeking north). There lives in me a still, sure, spirit part. Clouds of doubt are cut asunder (clouds of doubt). By the lightning and the thunder Shining from the compass of my heart (shining from my heart).

Got out of town on a boat goin' to Southern islands Sailing a reach before a followin' sea She was makin' for the trades on the outside And the downhill run to Papeete Off the wind on this heading lie the Marquesas We got eighty feet of the waterline nicely making way In a noisy bar in Avalon I tried to call you But on a midnight watch I realized why twice you ran away Think about Think about how many times I have fallen Spirits are using me larger voices callin' What Heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten (Around the world) I have been around the world (Lookin') Lookin' for that woman girl (Who knows she knows) Who knows love can endure And you know it will When you see the Southern Cross for the first time You understand now why you came this way 'Cause the truth you might be runnin' from is so small But it's as big as the promise, the promise of a comin' day So I'm sailing for tomorrow my dreams are a dyin' And my love is an anchor tied to you tied with a silver chain I have my ship and all her flags are a' flyin' She is all that I have left and music is her name Think about Think about how many times I have fallen Spirits are using me larger voices callin' What Heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten (I've been around the world) I have been around the world (Lookin') Lookin' for that woman girl Who knows love can endure And you know it will, and you know it will Yes Oooh ... So we cheated and we lied and we tested And we never failed to fail, it was the easiest thing to do You will survive being bested Somebody fine will come along, make me forget about loving you In the Southern Cross