Son you better be ready for love
On this glory day
This is your chance to believe
What I've got to say

Keep your eyes on the sky
Put a dollar in the kitty
Don't the moon look pretty

Tonight when I chase the dragon
The water may change to cherry wine
And the silver will turn to gold
Time out of mind

I am holding the mystical stone
It's direct from Lasa
Where people are rolling in the snow
Far from the world we know

Children we have it right here
It's the light in my eyes
It's perfection and grace
It's the smile on my face

Tonight when I chase the dragon
The water may change to cherry wine
And the silver will turn to gold
Time out of mind

Children we have it right here
It's the light in my eyes
It's perfection and grace
It's the smile on my face

Tonight when I chase the dragon
The water may change to cherry wine
And the silver will turn to gold
Time out of mind


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Time out of Mind Lyrics as written by Walter Becker Donald Fagen

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    TIME OUT OF MIND IS ABOUT SHOOTING AND SMOKING HEROIN PERIOD. WHEN YOU SMOKE IT THE ALUMINUM FOIL TURNS A GOLD COLOR.WHEN YOU SHOOT IT AND CLEAN THE SYRINGE IN A GLASS OF WATER, THE WATER HAS BLOOD IN IT. THE WATER MAY AND WILL CHANGE TO CHERRY WINE. DON´T THE MOON LOOK PRETTY. IN THE 60S SHOOTING DOPE WAS CALLED GOING TO THE MOON. COUNTRIES LIKE TIBET CITIES LIKE LASA, LAOS, VIETNAM, CAMBODIA, BUMA ALL ARE HEROIN PRODUCING COUNTRIES WHERE THE KID ARE ROLLING IN THE DOPOE.FAR FROM THE WORLD WE KNOW. THE REST IS HOW YOIU FEEL WHEN YOURE ON IT.WHAT THEY DO NOT DISCUSS IS HOW YOU FEEL WHEN YOURE OFF IT!! HORIBLE AND YOU WANT TO DIE OR WANT MORE. REALITY IS FOR PEOPLE THAT CANNOT HANDLE DRUGS. ME!

    mrsagflyon March 17, 2011   Link

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