King Crimson - Lament Lyrics
I guess I tried to show you howId take the crowd with my guitarAnd business men would clap their handsAnd clip another fat cigarAnd publishers would spread the newsAnd print my music far and wideAnd all the kids who played the bluesWould learn my licks with a bottle neck slideBut now it seems the bubbles burstAlthough you know there was a timeWhen love songs gathered in my headWith poetry in every lineAnd strong men strove to hold the doorsWhile with my friends I passed the ageWhen people stomped on dirty floorsBefore I trod the rocknroll stageIll thank the man whos on the phoneAnd if he has the time to spendThe problem Ill explain once moreAnd indicate a sum to lendThat ten percent is now a jokeMaybe thirty, even thirty-fiveIll say my daddys had a strokeHed have one now, if he only was aliveI like the way you look at meYoure laughing too down there insideI took my chance and you took yoursYou crewed my ship, we missed the tideI like the way the music goesTheres a few good guys who can play it rightI like the way it moves my toesJust say when you want to go and dance all night...
