VERSE 1:
while the music played you worked by candlelight…
those ‘San Francisco’ nights…
you were the best in town…
just by chance you crossed the diamond with the pearl
you turned it on the world
that’s when you turned the world around
CHORUS 1:
did you feel like ‘jesus’?
did you realize
that you were a champion in their eyes?
VERSE 2:
On the hill the stuff was laced with kerosene
But yours was kitchen clean
Everyone stopped to stare at your technicolor motor home
Every A-Frame had your number on the wall
You must have had it all
You’d go to L.A. on a dare
And you’d go it alone
CHORUS 2:
Could you live forever
Could you see the day
Could you feel your whole world fall apart and fade away
BRIDGE:
Get along, get along Kid Charlemagne
Get along Kid Charlemagne
VERSE 3:
Now your patrons have all left you in the red
Your low rent friends are dead
This life can be very strange
All those dayglow freaks who used to paint the face
They’ve joined the human race
Some things will never change
CHORUS:
son you were mistaken
You are obsolete
Look at all the white men on the street
VERSE 4:
Clean this mess up else we’ll all end up in jail
Those test tubes and the scale
Just get them all out of here
Is there gas in the car
Yes, there’s gas in the car
I think the people down the hall
Know who you are
CHORUS:
careful what you carry…
cuz the man is wise…
you are still an outlaw in their eyes…
*BRIDGE*