Chicago - Stone of Sisyphus: XXXII (2008) by Chicago (보컬) on maniadb.com

Tomorrow is teasing me
Time seems to run away from the future
But this could be that lucky day

A dream is make believe until
Blood, sweat, and tears turn faith to will
It's gonna take some miracle man
To show there's a way

I'm gonna take the Stone of Sisyphus
I'm gonna roll it back to you
Building a wall of stone

Sometimes you know what's right
Sometimes wrong is better than nothing
They cast a stone so heavy to turn

I believe in a love so true
I believe you get what's coming to you
We get so tired of living a dream
For some other day

I'm gonna take the Stone of Sisyphus
I'm gonna roll it back to you
Wall of stone around the two of us
That only angels can break through

Looks like it's another of those lonely nights
Will we always be alone
That's never kept me from you
That's never stopped me from the fight

I'm gonna take the Stone of Sisyphus
I'm gonna roll it back to you
I'll take the Stone of Sisyphus
Wall of stone around the two of us
I'm gonna roll it back to you

Come, let's talk just you and me
For once just let me be
The little boy you used to know

Relive that summer's bliss
'Cause they came no more like this
Those were the days
The days when love was still in style

All I ever dreamed I'd be
Is what you are to me
Bigger than Elvis
And for all the missing years
A memory reappears
Bigger than Elvis

I saw you on TV
The king, you were to me
Could you feel me watching you?
At times my heart got loud
Only heroes are allowed to run free
That they could come back inside of me

All I ever dreamed I'd be
Is what you are to me
Bigger than Elvis
And for all the missing years
A memory reappears
Bigger than Elvis

We know the sadness of goodbyes
Must be the one that's bringing tears
To your child's eyes

Oh, from now on I'll walk with you
Making music like you do
Would you believe I always knew?

You were never hard to take
In some mysterious way
Bigger than Elvis
And for all the missing years
Your memory reappears
Bigger than Elvis

Now I've found the missing years
Forgotten all my tears
I've found the missing years

You ask me what I think
I tell you you ignore it
The reasons for it make me crazy
You ask me what is right
Huh, you never hear it
You're never nowhere near it, baby

I spent my life believing
It would not end this way

All the years we wasted
All the years we tried
All the restless hours
All the times we cried

You ask me what I want
I got no answer
I know I'm only dancing faster
So now we're stuck with us
With you and all your stories but
Who's the fool and who's the liar

I spent my life believing
It would not end this way

All the years we wasted
All the years we tried
All the restless hours
All the times we cried

All the years we gambled
All the years you lied
All the hopeless dreamers
All the dreams that died

All the years we wasted
All the years we tried
All the restless hours
All the times we cried

All the years we gambled
All the years you lied
All the hopeless dreamers
All the dreams
All the dreams that died

All the years we wasted
All the years we tried
All the restless hours
All the times we cried

Third floor walk-up
One block east of Chinatown
She walked by my window
While the rain is pouring down

Looking in she sees
The easy money lying everywhere
And it's clear she don't approve
(And it's clear she don't approve)

Through a cloud of smoke
I shoot a little smile over there
And I know what she's thinking

She know Mah-Jong
Mah-Jong she don't play
She know Mah-Jong
Waste your life away
(Don't you throw it away)
She know Mah-Jong
Mah-Jong she don't play
But she loves the player

With the dark eyes burning
I am opening the wall
(Can there be no other chance?)

I feel my fortune's turning
And I wish for nothing else at all
(Than to run to her)

Looking up I see her signal
With her fingers through her hair
Telling me the hands are clean

Understanding well
I turn a dragon tail into a pair
And the game is over

She know Mah-Jong
Mah-Jong she don't play
(She don't play)
She know Mah-Jong
Waste your life away
(Don't you throw it away)
She know Mah-Jong
Mah-Jong she don't play
Though I don't obey her
Still she loves the player

She know Mah-Jong
Mah-Jong she don't play
She know Mah-Jong
Waste your life away
(Don't you throw it away)
She know Mah-Jong
Mah-Jong she don't play
Though I don't obey her
Still she loves the player

Three floors up from where the lanterns
Light the parlors on the street
There awaits another world
(There awaits another world)

And though there are not many things
Upon which she and I agree
We enjoy the difference

She know Mah-Jong
Mah-Jong she don't play
(Don't you play)
She know Mah-Jong
Waste your life away
(Don't you throw it away)
She know Mah-Jong
Mah-Jong she don't play
Though I don't obey her
Still she loves the player

Caught in a love storm
Howling like a newborn
Trying hard to stay warm
My cover up is
Torn up and tattered

Addiction to Apocalypse
Looking for the big hit
Tending to take trips
The ship of love is
Beat-up and battered

Time after time
I blow me away
Sign on the street now
Brother, let me pray now
Winter's here, I believe
It's here to stay

I read somewhere
That religion is for people
Who want to stay out of hell
I was praying for a sign
Or a vision or a message
'Till you been there
You won't get well

I was sitting in a room
I never recognized it
With a picture before my eyes
I was sleeping in the middle
Of the bed again
I'm not sure this qualifies

Lost in a crosswalk
Battle only half fought
Crawling 'cause I can't talk
Childhood's finally
Caught up with me

Flashing like a neon
Noisy as an A-bomb
Looking to the beyond
Staring into the
Half-life of eternity

Time after time
I blow me away
Time on the street now
Brother, let me pray now
Winter's here, I believe
It's here to stay

I read somewhere
That religion is for people
Who want to stay out of hell
I was praying for a sign
Or a vision or a message
'Till you been there
You won't get well

I was sitting in a room
I never recognized it
With a picture before my eyes
I was sleeping in the middle
Of the bed again
I'm not sure this qualifies

I read somewhere that religion
Is for people who swear
They need to be saved
I was sleeping in the middle
Of the bed again
You can trust me I will be brave

New York, New York
The Big Apple
New York, New York

New York, New York
16 million feet stepping on each other
New York is a state of mind

Time after time
I blow me away
Time on the street now
Brother, let me pray now
Winter's here, I believe
It's here to stay

I read somewhere
That religion is for people
Who want to stay out of hell
I was praying for a sign
Or a vision or a message
'Till you been there
You won't get well

I was sitting in a room
I never recognized it
With a picture before my eyes
I was sleeping in the middle
Of the bed again
I'm not sure this qualifies

I read somewhere that religion
Is for people who swear
They need to be saved
I was sleeping in the middle
Of the bed again
You can trust me I will be brave

I read somewhere that religion
Is for people who swear
They need to be saved
I was sleeping in the middle
Of the bed again
You can trust me I will be brave

Summertime came too soon
Summers in Kansas often do
And the air was still
I felt the pull

I recall the heat rising
From the ground in waves
And I knew I was
The first to pass this way

I believe I stepped
Across some line
Or I stumble through
The doorway to space and time
Like a drunk
Who blacks out from the wine
Never remembers his name

I always feel so alone
Wherever I am
I feel the pull
And the life I've left
Behind the pull

And in case I have no future
I've got the past
There's no telling just
How long this play will last

I believe I stepped
Across some line
Or I stumble through
The doorway to space and time
Like a drunk
Who blacks out from the wine
Never remembers his name
Never remembers

I'm down, walking through a storm
I hear a voice inside crying
It calls my name like a judge accusing
Black robe hanging down
Oh, don't forget be brave about your love

When I walk across
The monkey moon
Anger flashes in my eyes
I don't know what I'm doing

Like a drunk
Who blacks out from the wine
Never remembers his name

Like a drunk
Who blacks out from the wine
Never remembers his name
Never remembers his name
I never remember my name

We rode the train from Paris
To the cold Atlantic shore
The winter rain kept us
In each other's arms until the dawn
Do you remember?

Faster than the sun
Flying higher than everyone
Like a dream too good to last
I won't regret the past

Here with me
Deep down in my soul
Now and forever
A candle for the dark
I keep you here with me
A story with an unexpected end

The morning plane
Through empty doors
A mountain in the sky

A golden chain
The autumn treetops
Cast a knowing light
Do you remember?

We have no common ground
Treasure lost will not be found
We can blame our wild at heart
From now and from the start

Here with me
Deep down in my soul
Now and forever
A candle for the dark
I keep you here with me
A story with an unexpected end

Remember feelings I have known
And chasing dreams I've never done
Illusion led us both away
Hold me in your arms before you go

Here with me
Deep down in my soul
Now and forever
You are a candle for the dark
I need you here with me
A story with an unexpected end

Deep down in my soul
You will be here with me
A story with an unexpected end

Everywhere I go
You're here with me

Some will say it's too late
So don't change your story
There's too much at stake to grow
Yesterday was so great
Just bask in the glory
Don't let your feelings show

And I say, oh yeah
Like a man with condition
I wait for my heart to stop
And they say, "Stay down
Got a plan, hold that position
You can't afford a flop"

Pack my suitcase
With my game face
Take the same place
And put away the dreams I had
Let my hair grow
Find some old clothes
Let the world know
That my glory days were plaid

I'm not asking for permission
Are you ready for me to be me?
Just pass the ammunition
This prisoner's about to bust free from the chains

For so long you told me to keep it familiar
Just play what they all would buy
I can wear this blindfold, stick to your story
But I gotta ask myself "Why?"
And I play those songs
For so many seasons
'Til I'm sure I'm losing my mind
And I say, "Oh no,
Gotta have a much better reason
To leave all my dreams behind"

Others change it
Rearrange it
Stay the same thing
And become your favorite fad
With the see-through
I gotta be true
I can't be you
Polyester comes in plaid

I'm not asking for permission
Are you ready for me to be me?
Lord, pass some ammunition
This prisoner's about to bust free from your chains

I'm more than just excited
Like a hundred pounds of monkey off my back
I've got to find myself out
Now everybody's invited
To ride this train 'til we run clean out of track
Clean out of track

With the see-through
I gotta be true
I can't be you
Polyester comes in plaid

I'm not asking for permission
Are you ready for me to be me?
Pass some ammunition
This prisoner's about to bust free from the chains

I'm more than just excited
Like a hundred pounds of monkey off my back
I've got to find myself out
Now everyone's invited
To ride this train 'til we run clean out of track

With the see-through
I gotta be true
I can't be you
Polyester comes in plaid

I'm not asking for permission
Are you ready for me to be me?
Better pass some ammunition
This prisoner's about to bust free from the chains

I'm more than just excited
Like a hundred pounds of monkey off my back
I've got to find myself out
Now everyone's invited
To ride this train 'til we run clean out of track

I'm not asking for permission
Are you ready for me to be me?
Just pass some ammunition
This prisoner's about to bust free from your chains

I'm more than just excited
Like a hundred pounds of monkey off my back

Something I forgot that I used to know
Keeps on coming back around
Somewhere in the dark right before the dawn
Like a light from down the hall
Suddenly some old familiar music
Songs I know I've never heard before
I gotta play along I can't refuse it
I hear the call

We've all been so proud of our blindness
No kindness to share
I used to cry for the lost
Until I had to turn away
Then I looked inside, past the fool
And found some deeper words to say
To bring us together
We can make it better
We can make it right

We hide behind the veil of our own success
While we're following the rules
Our eyes refuse to see past our little hands
To the never changing truth
Freedom needs to speak a little louder
Justice needs to try her other arm
Some of us could push a little harder
To sound the alarm
And I see children marching
And I hear the drum again

I used to cry for the lost
Until I had to turn away
Then I looked inside, past the fool
And found some deeper words to say
If we hope and pray
It will come, give it half a chance
Everyone, understand
In our hearts and our minds
You know there's nothing left to hide
We're already there

I used to cry
(Used to cry for the lost I was walking away)
(I used to try to find a reason)
Then I looked inside
(I used my mind everytime I was walking away)
(I gotta find what I'm feeling)
To bring us together

I used to cry for the lost
Until I had to turn away
Then I looked inside, past the fool
And found some deeper words to say
If we hope and pray
It will come, give it half a chance
Everyone, understand
In our hearts and our minds
You know there's nothing left to hide
We're already there

I've been trapped in the madness
From the shadows of sadness
I laugh it away

I've been blind to the passion
While the whole world is flashin'
I stash it away

While I'm singing of freedom
I'm trying to sell what I never had
Hoping I'll be released from my own kind of hell
'Cause I lost the key to my past

The show must go on
It seems like there's something I'm leaving behind
The show must go on
'Cause the dreams that I'm having
I'm having all the time
The show must go on

There will be no confessions
'Cause I'd only be guessing
Just where to begin

There's only one thing I'm knowing
This feeling ain't blowing
Away with the wind

And I'm tired of turning my back on myself
Throwing truth away
Let the fire burn down the front door to myself
And give me a season of play

The show must go on
I just keep pretending to live for the game
The show must go on
I just keep on bending the rules to fit the pain

It's time for collecting
What I've been neglecting
It's gonna be a little strange
'Cause one day I'll be gone
And I'll be back in town
Nothing's gonna, nothing's gonna be the same

The show must go on
And I just keep pretending to live for your game
The show must go on
I just keep on bending the rules to fit the pain
The show must go on

I put on the face, win every race
It's only the strong, can't you see
And I keep up the pace
I won't leave a trace
Of
Still going on, still going on.

The show must go on,
The show must go on.

Third floor walk-up
One block east of Chinatown
She walked by my window
While the rain is pouring down

Looking in she sees
The easy money lying everywhere
And it's clear she don't approve
(And it's clear she don't approve)

Through a cloud of smoke
I shoot a little smile over there
And I know what she's thinking

She know Mah-Jong
Mah-Jong she don't play
She know Mah-Jong
Waste your life away
(Don't you throw it away)
She know Mah-Jong
Mah-Jong she don't play
But she loves the player

With the dark eyes burning
I am opening the wall
(Can there be no other chance?)

I feel my fortune's turning
And I wish for nothing else at all
(Than to run to her)

Looking up I see her signal
With her fingers through her hair
Telling me the hands are clean

Understanding well
I turn a dragon tail into a pair
And the game is over

She know Mah-Jong
Mah-Jong she don't play
(She don't play)
She know Mah-Jong
Waste your life away
(Don't you throw it away)
She know Mah-Jong
Mah-Jong she don't play
Though I don't obey her
Still she loves the player

She know Mah-Jong
Mah-Jong she don't play
She know Mah-Jong
Waste your life away
(Don't you throw it away)
She know Mah-Jong
Mah-Jong she don't play
Though I don't obey her
Still she loves the player

Three floors up from where the lanterns
Light the parlors on the street
There awaits another world
(There awaits another world)

And though there are not many things
Upon which she and I agree
We enjoy the difference

She know Mah-Jong
Mah-Jong she don't play
(Don't you play)
She know Mah-Jong
Waste your life away
(Don't you throw it away)
She know Mah-Jong
Mah-Jong she don't play
Though I don't obey her
Still she loves the player

Tomorrow is teasing me
Time seems to run away from the future
But this could be that lucky day

A dream is make believe until
Blood, sweat, and tears turn faith to will
It's gonna take some miracle man
To show there's a way

I'm gonna take the Stone of Sisyphus
I'm gonna roll it back to you
Building a wall of stone

Sometimes you know what's right
Sometimes wrong is better than nothing
They cast a stone so heavy to turn

I believe in a love so true
I believe you get what's coming to you
We get so tired of living a dream
For some other day

I'm gonna take the Stone of Sisyphus
I'm gonna roll it back to you
Wall of stone around the two of us
That only angels can break through

Looks like it's another of those lonely nights
Will we always be alone
That's never kept me from you
That's never stopped me from the fight

I'm gonna take the Stone of Sisyphus
I'm gonna roll it back to you
I'll take the Stone of Sisyphus
Wall of stone around the two of us
I'm gonna roll it back to you