The City Of The Sun

The attendant at the Texaco saw the guitar case in my back seat

and decided to impart his tragic tale

He said: “I used to play in a band like you,

we even made a record too”

and sang a bar that hardly rang a bell

Now I'm not one to make a lot

of omens and premonitions and fleeting thoughts

but I must admit that I tried to avoid his stare

'Cause I didn't want to see him see himself in me

with the look of an extinguished flame that might be lurking there

Waxing sad with drip and dreg,

c'mon now Toto get off my leg,

you gotta remember we're not in Kansas anymore

And remember always to look both ways,

say “please” and “thank you” and curtsey twice

before you gore their sacred dinosaurs...



Welcome to the City of the Sun



Johnny on the sidewalk,

Johnny on the street,

Johnny in the places where the outlaws meet

Johnny on the sofa,

Johnny shaking hands,

Johnny got a spinning head in wonderland



Welcome to the City of the Sun



Oh Johnny you've got a song in your heart

You've got important things to say

We're here to help you make a new start

We're not gonna take your heart away

You stand before us like a veiled figure at the end of a long gallery

Distant and forever mysterious

Advice from the tasteless to the bland

Wash all that magic from your hands

Make it so we might understand



Good Morning Precious...

Good Morning Special

I've got news for you.

There's millions like you



Where power seems to get no rest

it's the shaming of the true I guess and Zombie,

I can see you're qualified



Johnny on the sidewalk,

Johnny on the street,

Johnny in the places where the bigwigs meet



Welcome to the City of the Sun



Oh, Johnny you've got a seed in your head

It is the seed of your demise

Ambition's gonna lure you away

Into the land of compromise

You stand before us like a brash over-ripened nectarine

and someone better pick you soon

Advice for the dying from the dead

Silence the voices in your head

Wouldn't you rather eat instead?