Artist: Traffic Album: Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory {1973}

You rise upon a black day, coming from a mile away
Every time I hear you say that I don't have to be this way
You sneak upon a mean moon that casts it's shadow too soon
When the spell is in tune your shadow slips away

The good man gets the good wife while bad boy's cleaning up his knife
And all I got is trouble and strife to help me on my way
You're running round to nowhere, someone said it might be there
But I'm telling you beware, the hand that fights you'll feed

Investigating downtown, Sergeant Gruesome got shot down
National Guard came all around but couldn't find his knees
Mickey Mouse was all put out, Donald Duck began to shout
Rumors that were put about said they would get theirs next

Till I find out where will I go, where will I go
I don't know, I don't know
I don't know where the space is between my eyes 
Open up to heavenly skies, death awaits with pearly gates
Those who've been mesmerized, many a year has come and gone

Went to see a Standing Stone
Some in circle, some alone
Ancient, worn and weather torn
They chilled me to my very bone

Many of these can be seen in quiet places, fields of green
Of heathen lands with countless names
But the only thing that remains are the Rollright Stones

Space Age before my eyes opening up the skies
Death awaits with pearly gates for those who've been mesmerized
Many a years have come and gone but progress marches slowly on 
Nature pains, she has to stay cos everybody is going insane
The only, the only thing that will sustain are the Rollright Stones

Rollright Stones, Rollright Stones
Rollright Stones, Rollright Stones
Rollright Stones, Rollright Stones, Rollright Stones

Till I find out where will I go, where will I go
I don't know, I don't know
I don't know where the space is between my eyes 
Open up to heavenly skies, death awaits with pearly gates
Those who've been mesmerized, many years have come and gone

Went to see an ancient mound
People buried underground
Come or go, we'll never know
What it was like to hear their sound

Black crow I know you've been here
You've seen the sights of yesteryear
You steal the grain, I can't complain
And the only thing that remains are the Rollright Stones

Space Age before my eyes opening up the skies
Death awaits with pearly gates for those who've been mesmerized
Many a years have come and gone but progress marches slowly on 
And nature's pained, she has to stay cos everybody is going insane
The only, the only thing that will sustain are the Rollright Stones

Rollright Stones, Rollright Stones
Rollright Stones, Rollright Stones
Rollright Stones, Rollright Stones
Rollright Stones, Rollright Stones

Space Age before my eyes opening up the skies
Death awaits with pearly gates for those who've been mesmerized, yeah
Many a year had come and gone but progress marches slowly on 
And nature's pained, she has to stay cos everybody is going insane
The only, the only thing that will sustain are the Rollright Stones

Rollright Stones, Rollright Stones
Rollright Stones, Rollright Stones
Rollright Stones, Rollright Stones
Rollright Stones, Rollright Stones
Rollright Stones, Rollright Stones
Rollright Stones, Rollright Stones

Sitting all alone by the fireside
Listen to the wind in the chimney-top
Haven't slept for days and I'm still wide-eyed
Trying not to think, but my mind won't stop
Evening shadows makin' my heart sink down
With the setting sun turning leaves to brown, yeah
If I had a lover whose heart was true
I wouldn't be alone in this evening blue

Everybody is looking for something in life
Not everyone finds what they're looking for
Everybody wants a little happiness in life
But everyone can open the door
Morning wakens, makin' my heart sink down
Now that summer's here, changing fears and doubt
If I had a lover whose heart was true
I wouldn't be alone in this evening blue

With the setting sun turning leaves to brown
If I had a lover whose heart was true
I wouldn't be alone in this evening blue

Sitting all alone by the fireside
Listen to the wind in the chimney-top
Haven't slept for days and I'm still wide-eyed, yeah
Trying not to think, but my mind won't stop
Evening shadows makin' my heart sink down
With the setting sun turning leaves to brown
If I had a lover whose heart was true
I wouldn't be alone in this evening blue

INSTRUMENTAL

Sometimes I feel so uninspired 
Sometimes I feel like giving up
Sometimes I feel so very tired
Sometimes I feel like I've had enough

Sometimes you feel like you've been hired
Sometimes you feel like you've been bought
Sometimes you feel like your room's been wired
Sometimes you feel like you've been caught

But don't let it get you down, no, no, no, no
There is no reason for not failing
You've got to smile and turn the other cheek
So today you might be down
By tomorrow you'll be sailing
And you won't even hear these words I speak

Some people want to be so desired
Some people can't stand the light of day
Someone is laughing while someone is crying, yeah
Old folks are watching the close of the day

But sometimes I feel like my head is spinning
That hunger and pain is all I see
I don't know who's losing and I don't know who's winning 
Hardships and trouble are following me

But don't let it get you down, yeah
There's every reason for not failing
You got to smile and turn the other cheek
So today you might be down
By tomorrow you'll be sailing
And you won't even hear these words I speak, yeah

Some people want to be so desired
Some people can't stand the light of day
Someone is laughing while someone is crying
Old folks are watching the close of the day

Sometimes I feel like my head is spinning
Hunger and pain is all I see, yeah
I don't know who's losing and I don't care who's winning, yeah 
Hardships and trouble are following me