Dragon Fly

The tongues of some men are made of metal
The tongues of some men are made of oil
But the keeper of those men never rolled
Their tongues for anybody's free ride but his own
Now the oily tongues are thirsty for black gold.

But the old men are going to bed
They'll be sleeping through the future
And the children red with fire
They got to move away the old man's rusty beds.

Now the tongue, the tongue of a master
That should be laughter - with dancing legs
Like a flying wheel for the weak and sad man
Some tongues of man are made of silence
And your eyes will listen.

I never thought there were corners in time
Till i was told to stand in one
One straight line head on into the other
Maybe standing in the corner looks like where it's got to come.

But i pretend one wall is the past and one is the future
And i just stand here like the present looking for a
Good place to run
Every fish that swims upstream now that's a catch
Because the full mouth never wants to stop cooking.

The map may be flat, the globe may be patched
But the long line keeps right on hooking
Circles in the ring of fire, where do you go
On a night that is clear and warm?
Oh where do you go?

I never thought there were corners in time
Till i was told to stand in one
I've heard circles moving right through corners
And they don't even know they've been around and around before
Ringing, ringing against each other on a singing chain
Like a flying magnet hyperdrive has never seen any reason
To remain the same.

Because i felt it i believe it
Because there are things i've never seen that i believe
So i'm going to place my face right in the triangle door
Till i can move right on through instead of just standing here
Looking at the floor.

And it rains again tonight, i can think light years ahead
Or i could put myself back a thousand years ago
As if i'd always been here before or as if i am still to be born
I'm a slow loser, but i'm a fast learner
That much i know
Anyone can go
That much i know
Anyone can go
That much i know
Anyone can go.

Oh what can i tell you now, caroline
Should i hurt your feelings or keep on lyin'?
One thing leads to another and another
And another and another besides
You always know whenever i wanna make love
And you always know all the changes i'm going through
Just as if you can read my mind
Caroline, you know everything i do
There just ain't no words to describe
How i feel inside for you.

Yet somewhere out there
Waitin' on a wonder
You'll lend wings to my words
Somewhere when the band is gone
And the music of my song
Is just right for lovers.

You're what i want more than anything else
I love you - yes i do - but i know when i'm all by myself
Nothin' is real but my feelings and desires for you
And everything looks like some sort of scenery
Stored in an empty theatre
With stars on the ground - fences in the sky
And tears in the curtain of time
Oh what can i tell you, my caroline.

Except yet somewhere out there
Waitin' on a wonder
You'll lend wings to my words
Somewhere when the band is gone
And the music of my song
Is just right for lovers.

Caroline, your lovin' keeps me rollin'
Rollin' all the time, rollin' all the time
Baby - somewhere out there
You really roll me
Roll me away
Baby - somewhere out there
You roll me, roll me away.

And when the melody makes me surrender
Dark eyed girl, i always remember
That you love me somewhere out there
You really love me in time to the music
How you love me wildly in my heart
Girl, you love me
You roll me away.

You always fill my heart with wonder
You always fill my soul with love
You always fill my lips with kisses
You always fill my eyes with tears.

It's like a wind from the other side of the world
Like a far off pack of hounds
Sounds like a whole universe - throbbin' with life
I get so hypnotized in the lights
Just like the gaze of a mantis
Why even atlantis sank beneath
The waves in a day and a night
Oh, in a day and a night i could write
You a symphony
It would be just like a bird
And carry my love over the mountains.

Cause somewhere out there
Waitin' on a wonder
You'll lend wings to my words
Somewhere when the band is gone
And the music of my song
Is just right for lovers.

You always fill my heart with wonder
You always fill my soul with love
You always fill my lips with kisses
You always fill my eyes with tears.

Cry caroline.

Think of the times you have sat by yourself
And wondered
Just what it was that compelled you to be
What you are
You came into this life unsheltered and all alone
That's how you came and for sure that's how you go out.

High on a hill you can feel the breeze
And rest easy
All things that live have a right to exist
And be free.

You came into this life unsheltered and all alone
That's how you came and for sure that's how you'll go out
That's for sure, that's how you go out
That's for sure, that's how you go out
That's for sure, that's how you go out
That's for sure, that's how you go out.

Is there a chance you have taken these steps
So not losing
Losing all that you have, don't you know what you have is not
Real
You came into this life unsheltered and all alone
That's how you came and for sure that's how you go out
Yeah that's for sure
That's how you go out
That's how you go out
That's how you go out
That's how you go out.