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Twilight Of A Champion - THE THE

The rising moon faces the sickening sun

As the lights in the tower blocks go on one by one

A big shot overlooking this black iron skyline--

Surrounded by his symbols of prosperity--

Sits back in his new leather chair

Ripped off the back of some unfortunate beast

I'm smiling through my teeth

Anybody can be a millionaire

So everybody's gotta try

But by the laws of this human jungle

Only the heartless will survive

& down there--but for the grace of god

--go I

The smoke & the steam & the broken down dreams

The hope & the hunger frustration & anger

The little drunken lives --

Driven' through the traffic lights

& away from who they are

But I've been thinking of you--

In this great city of great solitude

Crossin' the central reservation of my imagination

Searchin' for the world I left behind

A shadow hunting shadows of childhood life

It's all I want--& all I miss--

But how can I return to a place that don't exist

From Mombosa to Miami Beiruit to Bangladesh

I've flown around the world standing

On the wing of a jet

Tryin' to salvage my emotions

From the bottom of the oceans--

Y'see I sold my soul to pay for my dinner

My stomach grew fatter but my heart grew thinner

I ain't foolin' I'm fallin' I wasn't wicked just weak

I ain't lyin' I'm dyin' crippled by deceit--

Oh the hand that wrote the agony

Has just begun--

Will be the hand that pulls the trigger

--of this gun