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18th Avenue (Kansas City Nightmare) Lyrics
Well I rode a while, for a mile or so
Down the road to the eighteenth avenue
And the people I saw were the people I know
And they all came down to take a view
Oh the path was dark and borderless
Down the road to the eighteenth avenue
And it stung my tongue to repeat the words
That I used to use only yesterday
Meanings just dropped to the ground
I tried to remember what I thought
And what I used to say
Don't let me go down no don't let me go
Oh my hands were tied as I struggled inside
The empty waste of another day
Memories were blank to my eyes
The fire and the glory of that night
Seemed safely locked away
Too hungry to rise. too hungry to
Well I rode a while, for a mile or so
Down the road to the eighteenth avenue
And the people I saw were the people I know
And they all came down to take a view
Oh the path was dark and border less
Down the road to the eighteenth avenue
But my head felt better as I turned the car
And the airport slowly came to view
One mile said the sign
Checked my bags and made it straight to end gate 22
Made it just in time, boy you've made it just in time
Down the road to the eighteenth avenue
And the people I saw were the people I know
And they all came down to take a view
Down the road to the eighteenth avenue
And it stung my tongue to repeat the words
That I used to use only yesterday
I tried to remember what I thought
And what I used to say
Don't let me go down no don't let me go
The empty waste of another day
Memories were blank to my eyes
The fire and the glory of that night
Seemed safely locked away
Too hungry to rise. too hungry to
Down the road to the eighteenth avenue
And the people I saw were the people I know
And they all came down to take a view
Down the road to the eighteenth avenue
But my head felt better as I turned the car
And the airport slowly came to view
Checked my bags and made it straight to end gate 22
Made it just in time, boy you've made it just in time
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It sounds like 18th avenue was a dark part of his past, when he did a lot of things wrong in his life. Its hard to go back there, and its a painful memory "to repeat the words That I used to use only yesterday". Its also hard on him to believe he ever did the things he did there ("I tried to remember what I thought And what I used to say "), and the people he remembers from the 18th avenue are all empty reminders of his past now.
Actually, It's about a concert he did in Kansas City, so I read.
I think It's about who he could die manytime till he became 22 cuz this song written when he was 22
it's about a dream that remainz him of his past and he still a live
It is about a concert he did in my great home Kansas City. Needless to say, he didn't have a very good time while here. :(
These lyrics fit for any fan of the (visiting) Los Angeles Angels (baseball team) in 2014.
When you're in your twenties and think your launch into life has been too long delayed, you can become more than a little impatient: you feel desperation and despair. I clearly recall that "Made it just in time! Boy, you made it just in time!" feeling when I at last escaped on a flight to Europe.
This song, the sixth song on the album, is about the sixth stage of Zen, Riding the Bull. DO YOU NOW UNDERSTAND WHY YOU LOVE THE PULSATING HARMONY OF THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THE SONG ????? " Well I rode awhile for a mile or so !!!!"THIS IS THE WORK OF A MODERN DAY GENIUS......
Mounting the bull, slowly I return homeward. The voice of my flute intones through the evening. Measuring with hand-beats the pulsating harmony, I direct the endless rhythm. Whoever hears this melody will join me.
Comment: This struggle is over; gain and loss are assimilated. I sing the song of the village woodsman, and play the tunes of the children. Astride the bull, I observe the clouds above. Onward I go, no matter who may wish to call me back.