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Camino Royale (Hackett/Magnus)
Walking along the Camino Royale The Mississippi sighs Soft in the night when the wind starts to rise And I'm lifted high around the corner So I spin Fast as a ride at the fair Like a snake that flies through the air When I cry enough I'm fired from a gun And thrown through the doors Only the fool learns to get through Only the fool learns to get through Ahead I see candles floating in pails Each placed upon a chair Into a tent where they turn round the bend Through a kitchen leading to a staircase Now I stop Seems that I've been led astray There are no new answers today This road is blocked Only the fool learns to get through Only the fool learns to get through Only the fool learns to get through
Cell 151 (Hackett)
My lucky number is on a prison door And it's found on everything I wear And I've got to get away From 151 Cell 151 Sharing with me is a man who shot his wife And I'm afraid to fall asleep at night And I've got to get away From 151 Cell 151 And it makes me sad Thinking about the past feeling bad I know I've been blind All I need's a space to unwind But I can't stay In 151 Cell 151 Hear me when I cry I can't see the sky Too much time I left the world behind And I've got to get away From 151 Cell 151 And it makes me sad Thinking about the past feeling bad I know I've been blind Now all I need's a space to unwind But I can't stay In 151 151 - I gotta get away from 151 151 - Ooh yeah 151 - Gotta get away 151 - Ooh 151 151
Walking Through Walls (Hackett)
Written on daily jog past Holland Park, London.
Time improves you or dilutes you But there is no standing still If you don't scream nobody hears you If you won't fight then no-one will When I'm walking Walking through walls Walking through walls You can breathe under water You will find it hard at first Getting used to ritual slaughter Feeling like your head might burst When I'm walking Walking through walls Walking Walking through walls Bare your teeth and bang your drum Get up on your legs and start to run No no no you can't sit down No-one's friend and no-one's clown You can't argue with a mad man Age of reason's sinking fast As your arms become steel girders Crashing through a sheet of glass When I'm walking Walking through walls Walking Walking through walls Bare your teeth and bang your drum Get up on your legs and start to run No no no you can't sit down No-one's friend and no-one's clown Walking Walking through walls...
Give It Away (Hackett)
A broken heart's not easy to mend Why must you break it again When you lose your prize possession Look around you're no exception Give it away Your mind is all made up When you lose your first love You'll never feel that way No-one can take her place When you lose your self-expression It's just time to change direction Give it away When you start you're lovers and friends But when you part you're strangers again Now the time just passes slowly Time to live for yourself only Give it away You watch the years go by And she's no longer there Then one day you will find That you no longer care When you lose your prize possession Look around you're no exception Give it away When you lose your self-expression It's just time to change direction There's no need for more protection Give it away
Weightless (Hackett)
From a personal hang-gliding experience. In fact, just another song about hang-gliding over Rio De Janeiro.
Far in the distance and way up high Circling slowly beneath the sky Lone in the air and the world is turning Looking the eagle straight in the eye What goes up must come down And you circle all around On your own You're seeing things in a dream You learn to swing Over trees In the clouds It's a breeze Blowing round Leaving the ground and you're feeling weightless To the sea sparkling in the sun There's a beach and it's time for landing But it seems that you've just begun What goes up must come down And you circle all around On your own You're seeing things in a dream You learn to swing Over trees In the clouds It's a breeze Blowing round (I go down, I go down, I go down...) On your own You're seeing things in a dream You learn to swing Over trees In the clouds It's a breeze Blowing round
India Rubber Man (Hackett)
India rubber man How far can you bend Way across the sea far and wide Bending the rules now and then India rubber man How long can you extend The more I stretch the more you ask Illusion has no end India rubber man How high can you ascend Up and up and then disappear I'll show you with my magic rope India rubber man How far will you go I really have no plans I work in a medicine show