Karn Evil 9

Lyrics

[First Impression, Part One 00:00-08:37] [Verse 1] Cold and misty morning, I heard a warning borne in the air About an age of power where no one had an hour to spare Where the seeds have withered Silent children shivered in the cold Now their faces captured in the lenses of the jackals for gold [Chorus] I'll be there I'll be there I will be there [Instrumental Break 00:58-01:37] [Verse 2] Suffering in silence, they've all been betrayed They hurt them and they beat them, in a terrible way Praying for survival at the end of the day There is no compassion for those who stay, yeah [Chorus] I'll be there I'll be there I will be there [Instrumental Break 02:09-02:57] [Keyboard Solo] [Verse 3] There must be someone who can set them free To take their sorrow from this odyssey To help the helpless and the refugee To protect what's left of humanity Can't you see? Can't you see? Can't you see? [Chorus] I'll be there! I'll be there! I will be there! [Bridge] To heal their sorrow To beg and borrow Fight tomorrow! [Instrumental Break 03:34-05:23] [Keyboard Solo] [Verse 4] Step inside, hello! We've a most amazing show You'll enjoy it all we know Step inside! Step inside! We've got thrills and shocks, supersonic fighting cocks Leave your hammers at the box Come inside! Come inside! [Refrain] Roll up! Roll up! Roll up! See the show! [Verse 5] Left behind the bars, rows of Bishops' heads in jars And a bomb inside a car Spectacular! Spectacular! If you follow me there's a speciality Some tears for you to see Misery, misery [Refrain] Roll up! Roll up! Roll up! See the show! [Verse 6] Next upon the bill in our House of Vaudeville We've a stripper in a till What a thrill! What a thrill! And not content with that, with our hands behind our backs We pull Jesus from a hat Get into that! Get into that! [Refrain] Roll up! Roll up! Roll up! See the show! [Instrumental Outro] [Guitar Solo] [First Impression, Part Two 08:37-13:22] [Verse 1] Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends We're so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside There behind a glass stands a real blade of grass Be careful as you pass, move along, move along [Chorus] Come inside, the show's about to start Guaranteed to blow your head apart Rest assured you'll get your money's worth Greatest show in Heaven, Hell or Earth You've got to see the show, it's a dynamo You've got to see the show, it's rock and roll, oh [Verse 2] Right before your eyes we pull laughter from the skies And he laughs until he cries, then he dies, then he dies [Chorus] Come inside, the show's about to start Guaranteed to blow your head apart You've got to see the show, it's a dynamo You've got to see the show, it's rock and roll, oh [Instrumental Break 09:47-11:39] [Keyboard Solo] [Drum Solo] [Verse 3] Soon the Gypsy Queen in a glaze of vaseline Will perform on guillotine, what a scene, what a scene Next upon the stand will you please extend a hand To Alexander's Ragtime Band, Dixieland, Dixieland [Refrain] Roll up, roll up, roll up! See the show! [Verse 4] Performing on a stool we've a sight to make you drool Seven virgins and a mule, keep it cool, keep it cool We would like it to be known the exhibits that were shown Were exclusively our own, all our own, all our own [Chorus] Come and see the show, come and see the show Come and see the show [Instrumental Break 12:32-13:11] [Guitar Solo] [Outro] See the show [Second Impression 13:22-20:29] [Instrumental] [Third Impression 20:29-29:36] [Verse 1] Man alone, born of stone Will stamp the dust of time His hands strike the flame of his soul Ties a rope to a tree and hangs the Universe Until the winds of laughter blows cold [Chorus] Fear that rattles in men's ears And rears its hideous head Dread, death in the wind [Verse 2] Man of steel pray and kneel With fever's blazing torch Thrust in to the face of the night Draws a blade of compassion Kissed by countless kings Whose jeweled trumpet words blind his sight [Chorus] Walls that no man thought would fall The altars of the just Crushed, dust in the wind [Bridge] No man yields who flies in my ship DANGER! Let the bridge computer speak STRANGER! LOAD YOUR PROGRAM. I AM YOURSELF No computer stands in my way Only blood can cancel my pain Guardians of a nuclear dawn Let the maps of war be drawn [Instrumental Break 23:22-28:07] [Keyboard Solo] [Verse 3] Rejoice! Glory is ours! Our young men have not died in vain Their graves need no flowers The tapes have recorded their names [Outro] I am all there is NEGATIVE! PRIMITIVE! LIMITED! I LET YOU LIVE But I gave you life! WHAT ELSE COULD YOU DO? To do what was right I'M PERFECT. ARE YOU? [Instrumental Outro]