Karn Evil 9

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

I'll be there

I'll be there

I will be there

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

I'll be there

I'll be there

I will be there

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

I'll be there

I'll be there

I will be there

To heal their sorrow

To beg and borrow

Fight tomorrow

Step inside, hello, we've the 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

Roll up, roll up, roll up

See the show

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

Roll up, roll up, roll up

See the show

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

Roll up, roll up, roll up

See the show

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 is a real blade of grass

Be careful as you pass

Move along, move along

Come inside, the shows about to start

Guaranteed to blow your head apart

Rest assured you'll get your moneys worth

The 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

Right before your eyes, we pull laughter from the skies

And he laughs until he cries then he dies then he dies

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

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 Alexanders ragtime band

Dixie land, Dixie land

Roll up, roll up, roll up

See the show

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

We're exclusively our own

All our own, all our own

Come and see the show

Come and see the show

Come and see the show

See the show

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

Fear that rattles in men's ears

And rears its hideous head

Dread, death in the wind

Man of steel pray and kneel

With fever's blazing torch

Thrust in the face of the night

Draws a blade of compassion

Kissed by countless kings

Whose jewelled trumpet words blind his sight

Walls that no man thought would fall

The altars of the just

Crushed dust in the wind

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 new clear dawn

Let the maps of war be drawn

Rejoice, glory is ours

Our young men have not died in vain

Their graves need no flowers

The tapes have recorded their names

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?