The Caves of Altamira

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Steely Dan - Rock

The Caves of Altamira

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[Verse 1] I recall when I was small How I spent my days alone The busy world was not for me So I went and found my own I would climb the garden wall With a candle in my hand I'd hide inside a hall of rock and sand [Verse 2] On the stone an ancient hand In a faded yellow-green Made alive a worldly wonder Often told but never seen Now and ever bound to labor On the sea and in the sky Every man and beast appeared A friend as real as I [Chorus] Before the fall when they wrote it on the wall When there wasn't even any Hollywood They heard the call And they wrote it on the wall For you and me we understood [Verse 3] Can it be this sad design Could be the very same? A wooly man without a face And a beast without a name Nothin' here but history Can you see what has been done? Memory rush over me Now I step into the sun [Chorus] Before the fall when they wrote it on the wall When there wasn't even any Hollywood They heard the call And they wrote it on the wall For you and me we understood [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] Before the fall when they wrote it on the wall When there wasn't even any Hollywood They heard the call And they wrote it on the wall For you and me we understood [Instrumental Outro]

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Credits

Writers
  • Walter Becker
  • Donald Fagen