The City Of The Sun

The attendant at the texaco saw the guitar case in my back seat

And decided to impart his tragic tale

He said: “i used to play in a band like you,

We even made a record too”

And sang a bar that hardly rang a bell

Now i'm not one to make a lot

Of omens and premonitions and fleeting thoughts

But i must admit that i tried to avoid his stare

‘cause i didn't want to see him see himself in me

With the look of an extinguished flame that might be lurking there

Waxing sad with drip and dreg,

C'mon now toto get off my leg,

You gotta remember we're not in kansas anymore

And remember always to look both ways,

Say “please” and “thank you” and curtsey twice

Before you gore their sacred dinosaurs…

Welcome to the city of the sun

Johnny on the sidewalk,

Johnny on the street,

Johnny in the places where the outlaws meet

Johnny on the sofa,

Johnny shaking hands,

Johnny with the spinning head in wonderland

Welcome to the city of the sun

Oh johnny you've got a song in your heart

You've got important things to say

We're here to help you make a new start

We're not gonna take your heart away

You stand before us like a veiled figure at the end of a long gallery

Distant and forever mysterious

Advice from the tasteless to the bland

Wash all that magic from your hands

Make it so we might understand