18th Avenue (Kansas City Nightmare) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by KevinDuignan 

Cover art for 18th Avenue (Kansas City Nightmare) lyrics by Cat Stevens

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......

  1. riding the bull home ten bulls

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.