What Makes a dream So very different From any other dream Where is that Straight line That i can hold up To the light And say no! This is not right This does not stand up In the light ____________________________________
Part II: One Man
Call me cavanaugh I'm the one with the caveman jaw Call me smitty or jones Talkin' on the tv's and the telephones I am the critical masses Stand back and watch as time passes
I am the centerfold I know the stories before they get told You can call me kennedy You may have killed him but you cannot kill me I am the crippled and blind I paint the pretty pictures on the subway signs Yeah, i am everything to everyone And i won't go away at the point of a gun
All of this in one man
I am rock 'n roll I am classical, country and soul I am the nun and the flasher I am the father, the son and the bastard I am the church and the steeple Open the door and see all the people
All of this in one man ____________________________________
Part III: Garden People
I'm coming down
People's garden Garden people People's garden Garden people ____________________________________
Part IV: Looking Straight Into The Light
Look! There's a light Headed for the sun Stand and you might Turn to everyone The lady, the lass Melt into glass Looking straight into the light
Stand at the door That would not open wide You tried so hard before But now we're on your side You see us all - the left and the right Looking straight into the light
You see us all - the left and the right Looking straight into the light Looking straight into the light Looking straight into the light
In the light ____________________________________
Part V: The Man In The Mountain
I am the man in the mountain I stand alone - i've been downed In a sea of loveless illusion So many lost - so many drowned Got no church - got no steeple Got no time for you people I live the life of a shadow The only chance that i have now Is there... In the light
They wore all kinds of things on their heads to disguise That they'd rather be unfettered than be wealthy and wise And they listened as their enemies made a similar sound And they watched a million cars go by They were gaining some ground But they didn't know what to do With this thing they had found So they had a party!? ____________________________________
Part VI: Señor Valasco's Mystic Voodoo Love Dance
I am señor valasco I drink my milk with tabasco Got no place to stand Got no home, no land, but i Don't ever want to die Don't place no one before i
I am the mask and the chamber I know of love not of danger Got no place to go Ain't nothin' better than be here Don't ever want to die Don't place no one before i
Don't ever want to die Don't place no one before i ____________________________________
Part VII: The Return Of The Horrible Catfish Man
I am the catfish man! I can't hear you! Go ahead and have a nice day now Go ahead and say what you say now I stand humanis erectus Stand back.... ha...ha...ha! I am...i am
All of this in one man ____________________________________
Part VIII: The Dream
What Makes a dream So very different From any other dream Where is that Straight line That i can hold up To the light and say yes! This is alright This one will stand up In the light