David Bowie Lyrics

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Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud Lyrics

Solemn faced

 The village settles down

 Undetected by the stars

 And the hangman plays the mandolin before he goes to sleep

 And the last thing on his mind

 Is the Wild Eyed Boy imprisoned

 'Neath the covered wooden shaft

 Folds the rope

 Into its bag

 Blows his pipe of smolders

 Blankets smoke into the room

 And the day will end for some

 As the night begins for one

 

 Staring through the message in his eyes

 Lies a solitary son

 From the mountain called Freecloud

 Where the eagle dare not fly

 And the patience in his sigh

 Gives no indication

 For the townsmen to decide

 So the village Dreadful yawns

 Pronouncing gross diversion

 As the label for the dog

 Oh "It's the madness in his eyes"

 As he breaks the night to cry:

 

 "It's really Me

 Really You

 And really Me

 It's so hard for us to really be

 Really You

 And really Me

 You'll lose me though I'm always 

 really free"

 

 And the mountain moved its eyes

 To the world of realize

 Where the snow had saved a place

 For the Wild Eyed Boy

 from Freecloud

 

 And the village Dreadful cried

 As the rope began to rise

 For the smile stayed on the face

 Of the Wild Eyed Boy 

 from Freecloud

 And the women once proud

 Clutched the heart of the crowd

 As the boulders smashed down from the mountain's hand

 

 And the Magic in the stare

 Of the Wild Eyed Boy said

 "Stop, Freecloud 

 They won't think to cut me down"

 But the cottages fell

 Like a playing card hell

 And the tears on the face

 Of the Wise Boy

 Came tumbling down

 To the rumbling ground

 And the missionary mystic of peace/love

 Stumbled to cry among the clouds

 Kicking back the pebbles

 From the Freecloud mountain

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