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Artist: 13th Floor Elevators
Canonical path: /13th-floor-elevators/roller-coaster
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Roller Coaster
Read Roller Coaster lyrics by 13th Floor Elevators on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Roller Coaster
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Once, somewhere, sometime ago
His eyes were clear to see
He put his thoughts into my mind
And gave my self to be
He stopped me from living so unsane
I could be just what I want to be
Things appear as they really are
I can see just what I wanted to see
Come on, and let it happen to you
I say, I say come on, and let it happen to you
You gotta open up your mind
And let everything come through
Come on, yeah!
Well it starts like a roller coaster ride
So real it takes your breath away
It slides you through your point of view
You look back to where you thought you'd stayed
Your ride changes outside view
While it glides you like a neon ray
And you find you don't have to search for words
For there's nothing to be said
Come on, you gotta let it happen to you
Hey, come on, and let it happen to you
You gotta open up your mind
And let everything come through
After you trip life opens up
You start doing what you want to do
And you find out that the world that you once feared
Gets what it has from you
No one can ever hurt you
But you know more than you thought you knew
And you're looking at the world
With brand new eyes
And no one can ever spoil the view
Come on, and let it happen to you
Hey, hey, hey come on, and let it happen to you
You gotta open up your mind
And let everything come through
Open up your mind
Let everything come through
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