I've been traveling on a boat, on a plane,
In a car, on a bike,
On a bus, on a train,
Traveling there, traveling here,
Everywhere,
In every gear,
But ah, Lord, you pay the price,
With the spin of the wheel
With the roll of the dice.
Ah, yeah, you pay the fare
And if you don't know where you're going,
Any road'll take you there.
And I’ve been traveling through the dirt and the grime
From the past to the future
Through the space and the time
Traveling deep beneath the waves
In watery grottoes
And mountainous caves but
Oh Lord, we’ve got to fight
With the thoughts in the head
With the dark and the light
No use to stop and stare
And if you don't know where you're going,
Any road'll take you there.
You may not know where you came from,
You may not know who you are,
You may not even have wondered
How you got so far.
I've been traveling on a wing and a prayer
By the skin of my teeth,
By the breadth of a hair;
Traveling where the four winds blow
With the sun in my face
And the wind and the snow, but
Oo-ee, it's a game
Sometimes you're cool
Sometimes you're lame.
Ah, yeah, it's somewhere,
And if you don't know where you're going
Any road'll take you there.
I keep trav'lin' around the bend,
There was no beginning
There is no end.
Wasn't born, it never dies
There are no edges
There is no side, but
Oo-ee, you just don't win
It's so far out
The way out is in
Bow to God and call him Sir
But if you don't know where you're going
Any road'll take you there.
If you don't know where you're going,
Any road'll take you there.
If you don't know where you're going...
Any road'll take you there.
Gazed at the ceiling from below
A splendid Michelangelo
Filled my heart with delight
Last Saturday night
Arrived believing from home
Climbed every step inside St. Peter’s Dome
Claustrophobic and ex-Catholic
Last Saturday night
Now home come nobody really noticed
Puff of white smoke knocked me out
The truth is hiding, lurking banking
Things they do at night
It’s quite suspicious to say the least
Even mentioned it to my local priest
One Our Father, three Hail Mary’s
Each Saturday night
I wish somebody would tell me
That it’s only a show
I’ll confess, own up, let’s face it
In my concrete tuxedo
It’s quite suspicious to say the least
While mentioning it to my priest
One Our Father, three Hail Mary’s
Each Saturday night
One Our Father, three Hail Mary’s
Each Saturday night
Rowers gliding on the river
Canadian geese crap along the bank
Back wheel of my bike begins to quiver
The chain is wrapped around the crank
Old ladies, who must be doggie training
Walking, throwing balls, chasing all the sheep
While the farmer stands around and he’s complaining
His mad cows are being put to sleep
And I’m a Pisces fish
And the river runs through my soul
Smoke signals form the brewery
Like someone in there found the latest Pope
In a vat of beer that keeps pumping out with fury
While the church bell ringer’s tangled in his rope
There’s a temple on an island
I think of all the gods and what they feel
You can only find them in the deepest silence
I got to get off of this big wheel
And I’m a Pisces fish
And the river runs through my soul
I’m a Pisces fish
And the river runs through my soul
And I’ll be swimming until I can find those waters
That one unbound ocean of bliss
That’s flowing through your parents, sons, and daughters
But still an easy thing for us to miss
Blades go skimming through the water
I hear the coxon shouting his instructions about
With this crew, oh, it could be a tall order
Have we time to sort all these things out?
Some days my life it seems like fiction’
Some of the days it’s really quite serene
I’m a living proof of all life’s contradictions
One half’s going where the other half’s just been
And I’m a Pisces fish
And the river runs through my soul
Oh Lord, won’t you listen to me now
Oh love, I got to get me back to you somehow
I never knew that life was loaded
I’d only hung around birds and bees
I never knew that things exploded
I only found it when I was down on my knees
Looking for my life
Looking for my life
Oh boy, you’ve no idea what I’ve been through
Oh Lord, I feel so stuck that I can’t get to you
Had no idea that I was heading
Toward a state of emergency
I had no fear where I was treading
I only found it out when I was down on my knees
Looking for my life
Caught up on me with intensity
Had no idea where I was heading
I had no fear where I was treading
I only found it when I was down on my knees
Looking for my life
Looking for my life
Oh boys, you’ve no idea what I’ve been through
Oh Lord, I got to get back somehow to you
I never knew that life was loaded
I only hung around birds and bees
I never knew that things exploded
I only found it out when I was down on my knees
Looking for my life
I never got any GCE’s
I never knew that things exploded
I only found it out when I was down on my knees
Looking for my life
Looking for my life
Looking for my life
On the street of villains taken for a ride
You can have the devil as a guide
Crippled by the boundaries, programmed by the guilt
‘Til your nervous system starts to tilt
In a room of mirrors you can see for miles
But everything that’s there is a disguise
Every word you’ve uttered and every thought you’ve had
Is all inside your file the good and bad
But in the rising sun
You can feel your life begin
Universe at play inside your DNA
You’re a billion years old today
Oh, the rising sun
And the place it’s coming from
Is inside of you
And now your payment’s overdue
Oh, the rising sun
Oh, the rising sun
On the avenue of sinners I have been employed
Working there ‘til I was near destroyed
I was almost a statistic inside a doctor’s case
When I heard the messenger from inner space
He was sending me a signal that for so long I had ignored
But he held on to my umbilical cord
Until the ghost of memory trapped in my body mind
Came out of hiding to become alive
And in the rising sun
You can feel your life begin
And it’s here and there, nowhere and everywhere
Though its atmosphere is rare
Oh, the rising sun
And the place it’s coming from
Is inside of me
And now I feel it constantly
Oh, the rising sun
Oh, the rising sun
Oh, the rising sun
And the place it’s coming from
Is inside of you
And now your payment’s overdue
Oh, the rising sun
Oh, the rising sun
Instrumental
Never slept so little
Never smoked so much
Lost my concentration
I could even lose my touch
Talking to myself
Crying out loud
Only I could hear me
I’m stuck inside a cloud
I made some exhibition
I lost my will to eat
The only thing that matters to me is to
Touch your lotus feet
Talking to myself
Crying out loud
Only I could hear me
I’m stuck inside a cloud
Talking to myself
Crying out loud
Only I could hear me
I’m stuck inside a cloud
Never been so crazy
But I’ve never felt so sure
I wish I had the answer to give
Don’t even have the cure
Just talking to myself
Crying as we part
Knowing as you leave me
I also lose my heart
Talking to myself
Crying as we part
Knowing as you leave me
I also lose my heart
You fly out as your smile wears thin
I sigh knowing the mess you’re in
And you know that you can’t get away
And you know that you can’t hide it from yourself
Lonely days
Blue guitar
There’s no escape
Can only run so far
I know something I ought to say
Stuck here, trying to find a way
And you know that you can’t get away
And you know that you can’t hide it from yourself
Lonely nights
Traveling far
There’s no escape
Can only run so far
You fly out as your smile wears thin
I sigh knowing the mess you’re in
And you know that you can’t get away
And you know that you can’t hide it from yourself
Lonely days
Blue guitar
There’s no escape
Can only run so far
Lonely nights
Traveling far
There’s no escape
Can only run so far
I know I’ll never get over you
So deep this feeling I have for you
Your eyes pierce through my heart
Your smile tears me apart
I knew it, it’s so true
I’ll never get over you
You touch me making my heart race
So much was written on your face
I knew when you arrived
That no words could describe
What your love made me do
I’ll never get over you
Girl, you’re so much my heart and soul
Girl, was a moonlit night you came into my life
And now this feeling has grown
And if you leave me alone I know
I’ll never get over you
So hide the moments when I feel blue
You warm the coldest feet
Can cool me in the heat
And although love was new
I’ll never get over you
My understanding grew
But I’ll never get over
Never get over you
I don’t want you
But I hate to lose you
You got me in between
The devil and the deep blue sea
I forgive you
‘Cos I can’t forget you
You got me in between
The devil and the deep blue sea
I want to cross you off my list
But when you come knocking at my door
Fate seems to give my heart a twist
And I come running back for more
I should hate you
But I guess I love you
You got me in between
The devil and the deep blue sea
I want to cross you off my list
But when you come knocking at my door
Fate seems to give my heart a twist
And I come running back for more
I should hate you
But I guess I love you
You got me in between
The devil and the deep blue sea
You got me in between...
The devil and the deep
(Devil and the deep)
The devil and the deep blue sea
I’m going down to the river
Gonna take me my rocking chair
I’m going down to the river
Gonna take me my rocking chair
And if those blues don’t leave me
Gonna rock on away from here
If you want me woman
Please don’t act so shy
If you want me woman
Please don’t pass me by
I love those sideways glances
Your shoulder and your thigh
I see inside your eyes
The Baba’s Sai
The reasons why
I love you
So if you’re still busy hiding
What it is you’ve got
If you’re frightened of losing
What you like a lot
You may be cruisin’ backwards
While thinking that you’re not
I see inside your eyes
The Baba’s Sai
The reasons why
I love you
So if you don’t get the picture
You won’t know what I feel
If you don’t get the picture
Then you won’t have a depth of field
You may be going someplace
Someplace you’ve already been
Brainwashed in our childhood
Brainwashed by the school
Brainwashed by our teachers and
Brainwashed by all their rules
Brainwashed by our leaders
By our kings and queens
Brainwashed and in the open and
Brainwashed behind the scenes
(God, God, God) A Voice cries in the wilderness
(God, God, God) It was on the longest night
(God, God, God) An eternity of darkness
(God, God, God) Someone turned out the spiritual light
Brainwashed by the Nikkei
Brainwashed by Dow Jones
Brainwashed by the FTSE
Nasdaq and secure loans
Brainwashed us from Brussels
Brainwashing us in Bonn
Brainwashing us in Washington
Westminster in London
(God, God, God) You are the wisdom that we seek
(God, God, God) The lover that we miss
(God, God, God) Your nature is eternity
(God, God, God) You are Existence, Knowledge, Bliss
The soul does not know love
It is Love itself.
It does not exist
It is Existence itself
It does not know
It is Knowledge itself
(How to know God, page 130)
They brainwashed my great uncle
Brainwashed my cousin Bob
They even got my grandma
When she was working for the mob
Brainwash you while you’re sleeping
While in your traffic jam
Brainwash you while your weeping
While still a baby in your pram
Brainwashed by the military
Brainwashed under duress
Brainwashed by the media
You’re brainwashed by the press
Brainwashed by computer
Brainwashed by mobile phones
Brainwashed by satellite
Brainwashed to the bone
(God, God, God) Won’t you lead us through this mess
(God, God, God) From the places of concrete
(God, God, God) Nothing’s worse than ignorance
(God, God, God) I just won’t accept defeat
(God, God, God) Must be something I forgot
(God, God, God) Down on Bullshit Avenue
(God, God, God) If we can only stop the rot
(God, God, God) Wish that you’d brainwash us too
Namah Parvarti Pataye Hare Hare Mahadev
Namah Parvarti Pataye Hare Hare
Namah Parvarti Pataye Hare Hare
Shiva Shiva Shankara Mahadeva
Hare Hare Hare hare Mahadeva
Shiva Shiva Shankara Mahadeva
Shiva Shiva Shankara Mahadeva
Namah Parvarti Pataye Hare Hare
Namah Parvarti Pataye Hare Hare
Shiva Shiva Shankara Mahadeva
Shiva Shiva Shankara Mahadeva