Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Return Of The Manticore
(4th disc)

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(Music - Parry, Lyrics - Blake, Arr. - Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
And did those feet in ancient time,
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the holy lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?

And did the Countenance Divine,
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among these dark Satanic Mills?

Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!
Bring me my Chariot of Fire!

I Will not cease from mental fight;
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land
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(Aaron Copland; Arr. Emerson)
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(Emerson/Lake/Palmer)
Everyday I see a new cloud coming
There's one more hole in space
Everytime I walk across the street
I feel the gas blowing in my face
We never learn even deserts burn
And all politicians lie
They won't do nothin'
'Till we reach high noon
Black Moon

Ain't nobody gonna walk on water
When it falls like acid rain
Nobody gonna fake you out
Every poison stains
We're all stuck here
Right in the middle
We never call the tune
They won't do nothin'
'Till we reach high noon
Black Moon

In the night see the red sky burning
There's fire on the mountain
Oil slicks on the sea
Black Moon is rising
How long will it be

Just take a look around the world
The future never waits
We're skating on the thin ice
And we're in the hands of fate
What we need's a little re-direction
To find our blue lagoon
You know it wouldn't come
A moment to soon
Black Moon's
Fear is in their eyeblack moon
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(Lake/Sinfield)
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(Emerson)
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(Gulda)
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  • Prologue / The Education Of A Gentleman
  • Love At First Sight
  • Letters From The Front
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    (Emerson, Lake, Sinfield)
    "Who'll make his mark", the captain cried.
    "To the devil drink a toast.
    We'll glut the hold with cups of gold
    And we'll feed the sea with ghosts
    I see your hunger for a fortune
    Could be better served beneath my flag
    If you've the stomach for a broadside
    Come aboard my pretty boys
    I will take you and make you
    Everything you've ever dreamed."
    
    "Make fast the guns tonight we sail
    when the high tide floods the bay,
    cut free the lines and square the yards
    get the black flag stowed away
    the Turk, the Arab, the Spaniard
    will soon have pennies on their eyes
    and any other laden fancy
    we will take her by surprise
    I will take you and make you
    Everything you've ever dreamed."
    
    Six days off the Cuban coast when a sail ahead the spied
    "A galleon of the treasure fleet,' the mizzen lookout cried
    "Closer to the wind my boys," the mad-eyed captain roared
    "For every man that's alive tonight will be hauling gold aboard."
    "Spare us," the galleon begged but mercy's face had fled
    Blood ran from the sreaming souls the cutlass harvested
    Driven to the quarter deck the last survivor fell
    "She's ours my boys," the Captain grinned "and no one left to tell."
    
    The Captain rose from a silk divan
    With a pistol in his fist
    And shot the lock from an iron box
    And a blood red ruby kissed
    "I give you jewellery of turquoise
    A crucifix of solid gold
    One hundred thousand silver pieces
    It is just as I foretold
    You... You see there before you everything
    You've ever dreamed."
    
    Anchored in an indigo moonlit bay
    Gold-eyed roun fires the sea thieves lay
    Morning... white shells and a pipe of clay
    As the wind filled their footsteps
    They were far... far... away.
    
    "Our sails swell full as we brave all seas
    On a westward wind to live as we please
    With the wicked wild-eyed woman of Portobello town
    Where we've been told that a purse of gold
    Buys many man a crown
    They will serve you and clothe you
    Exchange your rags for the velvet coats of Kings."
    
    "Who'll drink a toast with me
    I give you Liberty
    This town is ours... tonight."
    
    "Landlord, wine make it the finest
    Make it a cup for a seadog's thirst
    Two long years of bones and beaches
    Fever and leeches did their worst
    So fill the night with paradise
    Bring me peach and peacock till I burst
    But first, I want a soft touch in the right place
    I want to feel like a King tonight
    Ten on the black to beat the Frenchman
    Back you dogs give 'em room to turn
    Now open wide sweet Heaven's gates
    Tonight we're gonna see if Heaven burns
    See how she burns... Oh she burns
    I want an angel on a gold chain
    And I'll ride her to the stars
    It's the last time for a long long time
    Come the daybreak, we embark..."
    On the flood of the morning tide
    Once more the ocean cried.
    
    "This company will return one day
    Though we feel your tears it's the price we pay
    For there's prizes to be taken and glory to be found
    Cut free the chains make fast your souls
    We are Eldorado bound...
    I will take you always forever together
    Until hell call our names..."
    
    "Who'll drink a toast with me
    To the devil and the deep blue sea
    Gold drives a man... to dream!"
    
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    (Downes/Lake)
    She looked at me across the room
    Emerging from a silk cocoon
    Along beneath venetian chandeliers
    Against the moon her body rocks
    Her eyes were cunning like a fox
    The wings of passion fly on all frontiers
    
    From this fire there's no returning
    No escape your heart is burning
    Love becomes a lethal weapon
    No one is to smart
    In affairs of the heart
    
    Now upon the bridge she waits
    Dreaming of our tangled fates
    Her face was like a ghost with eyes of jade
    I fell just like a falling star
    A victim of this coup d'etat
    I could not see behind this masquerade
    
    From this fire there's no returning
    No escape your heart is burning
    Love becomes a leathal weapon
    Be careful where you start
    In affairs of the heart
    
    Sometimes I think I'll never learn
    Were all those promises in vain
    Do the wings of fire still remain
    
    All is fair in love and war
    The tender draw the shortest straw
    Like autumn leaves they vanish in the air
    Is this the time we say good-bye
    I call her room there's no reply
    Tonight we end this fleeting love affair
    
    From this fire there's no returning
    No escape your heart is burning
    Love becomes a leathal weapon
    Sharper than a dart
    In affairs of the heart