Something a little strange,
That's what you notice
She's all wrapped up in herself as she composes.
She seduces you With the rhythm of her words
She weaves her threads and never loses them.
I'm lost already and the story's only just begun,
Where did the hero go wrong?
Why is it that I crave the kiss of the spiderwoman?
Why do I lie awake in the dark
Waiting to be caught in the web of the spiderwoman?
Don't be surprised if you're intoxicated
By the poison in her voice
And then find yourself to fascinated
To ever again make another choice
She's got you where she wants you
You're trapped, you're paralyzed
She has misled you to believe her
She left me hanging and I wonder for how long,
How will the story go on?
Why is it that I crave the kiss of the spiderwoman?
Why do I lie awake in the dark
Waiting to be caught in the web of the spiderwoman?
I've got to find her, wherever she's prowling about
Will the hero find his way out?
Why is it that I crave the kiss of the spiderwoman?
Why do I lie awake in the dark
Waiting to be caught in the web of the spiderwoman?
Waiting to be caught in the web of the spiderwoman?
I've never seen the moon over Bourbon Street
Lighting up the Louisiana sky,
Dark rhythms swirling in the summer heat,
I've never been to New Orleans.
I've never seen the mighty Mississippi roll,
Roll through the land of the free.
I've never had a ride on a river boat,
I've never been to New Orleans.
It's closing time in New Orleans,
The band is packing up their things.
It's closing time in New Orleans,
There's nothing left for them to sing.
I've never been fishin' by the lake,
Never got to taste
Gumbo, Jambalaya or Crawfish Cake. I've never been to New Orleans.
I've never heard the blues flowing from your veins,
Never been to the Mardi Gras.
I've never felt your jazz pulsing in my ears.
I've never been to New Orleans.
It's closing time in New Orleans
The band is packing up their things
It's closing time in New Orleans
There's nothing left for them to sing.
I've heard your music, walked the bayou.
A streetcar named desire took me there.
The smell of sweet magnolia filled the air,
In my dreams I've been to New Orleans.
Now it's closing time in New Orleans,
The band is packing up their things.
It's closing time down in New Orleans
And I still ain't got that swing.
It's closing time in New Orleans.
The band has packed up and gone.
It's closing time down in New Orleans
And I never got to know how it feels,
How it feels to miss New Orleans.
I don't wanna smile today
I don't wanna be the object you're painting
You're the one who's in control
And I am reduced to whatever you make me I don't even have a pretty face
Who the hell d'ya think would like to like at me?
He pays you to show the world
His wealth, I'm just his accessory.
So why d'ya think I'd smile for you?
Why d'ya think I'd smile?
Why d'ya think I'd smile for you?
Why d'ya think I'd smile?
Madonna Lisa, you say, Madonna Lisa
Madonna Lisa, you say, just look around you.
You're the one in power when you smile.
I don't wanna smile today
In a world at war where everything's uncertain.
Any day I might wake up and find
The theatre of life has closed its curtains.
I ain't gonna smile for you
Or a world which just won't grant me a voice
Unless I speak what they want to hear
Is that what you call freedom of choice?
So why d'ya think I'd smile for you?
So why d'ya think I'd smile?
So why d'ya think I'd smile for you?
So why d'ya think I'd smile?
Madonna Lisa, you say,Madonna Lisa
Madonna Lisa,you say, let me show you
You're the one in power when you smile.
Madonna Lisa, you say,Madonna Lisa
Madonna Lisa, you say, let me show you
You're the one in power when you smile.
The spiral staircase to my brain
You know they are holding
The key to my emotions
The key to all my pain
While the guards were sleeping
The whole castle came crashing down
The king and queen are hiding
Hiding in the shadows
Waiting to watch Ophelia drown
The dead horses in the stable
Will not carry me away
I have to break the silence
I know something rotten's happened
Somebody will have to pay
I could be bounded in a nutshell
I could call myself king of infinite space
But since I've got these nightmares
I have been
Bleeding all over the place
Whenever someone's speaking
Somebody is telling a lie
The king and queen are hiding
Hiding in the shadows
Waiting there to watch me die.
The dead horses in the stable
Will not carry me away
I have to break the silence
I know something rotten's happened
Somebody will have to pay
I hear the key turning
I can hear footsteps on the stairs
Why am I in here hiding?
A coward, why am I so scared?
I don't see you anymore
Except to talk about the bills and the laundry.
I don't know where you go
When we say goodbye in the morning
Would Romeo and Juliet
have been through the same had they lived on?
But we don't talk anymore
Except about the holiday we never take
Whenever we walk out of the door
It's never together anymore.
There's gotta be more to life than just that,
There's gotta be more to love.
Let's escape. Let's escape.
If you want me to drive the getaway car
You can shoot the bloodhounds on our trail.
Let's escape.
So tonight when I see you again
I won't say a word, I'll just look in your eyes.
I won't let the sun go down, I won't let another moment be wasted.
Life is much to precious,
Come over here, take my hand.
Let's escape. Let;s escape.
If you want me to drive the getaway car
You can shoot the bloodhounds on our trail.
Let's escape.
Come over here, have no fear, wipe the tears away,
Tomorrow is another day.
Let's escape. Let's escape.
If you want me to drive the getaway car
You can shoot the bloodhounds on our trail.
Let's escape. Let's escape.
If you want me to drive the getaway car
You can shoot the bloodhounds on our trail.
Let's escape.
28 more days now till the revolution
Won't be long now and my life will be blown apart
To pieces, blow it all to pieces
And if you glue it back together
You can call it art
But time is trickling away.
Time is trickling away.
Drop by drop,
Second by second
The world has been asleep for at least 100 years now,
And what am I still doing among the dinosaurs?
They'll die out, I know that they will die out
But in the meantime I will have to
Listen to them snore.
Cause time is trickling away.
Time is trickling away. Drop by drop,
Second by second
If I open my mouth will I blast away the hours?
If I scream loud enough will I find the antidote?
Will locusts cover the face of the earth
And the rivers fill with my blood?
Or will my scream just be stuck, just be stuck
Just be stuck in my throat?
Time is trickling away. Time is trickling away.
Drop by drop,
Second by second.
Over the mountains, I climb in the snow.
The Eagle I've nurtured save under my skin.
Where will you fly to when I let you go?
Will you see places I've never seen?
Over the desert, proud as a king,
You will be flying, chasing your dreams.
Where will you fly to when you spread your wings?
What will it matter, as long as you're free.
Over the ocean, your realm is the sky.
Fearless and graceful, you'll always be wild.
Where will you fly to when we say goodbye?
Each eagle's journey starts with one first mile.