Greg Lake - Karn Evil 9 lyrics

[First Impression, Part One] Cold and misty morning, I heard a warning borne in the air About an age of power where no one had an hour to spare Where the seeds have withered, silent children shivered in the cold Now their faces captured in the lenses of the jackals for gold I'll be there I'll be there I will be there Suffering in silence, they've all been betrayed They hurt them and they beat them, in a terrible way Praying for survival at the end of the day There is no compa**ion for those who stay I'll be there! I'll be there! I will be there! There must be someone who can set them free: To take their sorrow from this odyssey To help the helpless and the refugee To protect what's left of humanity Can't you see? Can't you see? Can't you see? I'll be there! I'll be there! I will be there! To heal their sorrow To beg and borrow Fight tomorrow! ----- Step inside, hello! We've a most amazing show! You'll enjoy it all we know Step inside! Step inside! We've got thrills and shocks, supersonic fighting co*ks! Leave your hammers at the box Come inside! Come inside! Roll up! Roll up! Roll up! See the show! Left behind the bars, rows of Bishops' heads in jars And a bomb inside a car Spectacular! Spectacular! If you follow me there's a speciality Some tears for you to see Misery, misery Roll up! Roll up! Roll up! See the show! Next upon the bill in our House of Vaudeville We've a stripper in a till What a thrill! What a thrill! And not content with that With our hands behind our backs We pull Jesus from a hat! Get into that! Get into that! Roll up! Roll up! Roll up! See the show! [First Impression, Part Two] Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends We're so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside There behind a gla** stands a real blade of gra** Be careful as you pa**. Move along, move along Come inside, the show's about to start! Guaranteed to blow your head apart Rest a**ured you'll get your money's worth Greatest show in Heaven, Hell or Earth! You've got to see the show. It's a dynamo! You've got to see the show. It's rock and roll! Oh Right before your eyes we pull laughter from the skies And he laughs until he cries, then he dies, then he dies Come inside, the show's about to start Guaranteed to blow your head apart! You've got to see the show. It's a dynamo! You've got to see the show. It's rock and roll! Oh Soon the Gypsy Queen in a glaze of vaseline Will perform on guillotine! What a scene, what a scene Next upon the stand will you please extend a hand To Alexander's Ragtime Band, Dixieland, Dixieland! Roll up, roll up, roll up! See the show! Performing on a stool we've a sight to make you drool Seven virgins and a mule! Keep it cool, keep it cool We would like it to be known the exhibits that were shown Were exclusively our own. All our own, all our own Come and see the show! Come and see the show! Come and see the show! See the show! [Second Impression] (Instrumental) [Third Impression] Man alone, born of stone Will stamp the dust of time His hands strike the flame of his soul; Ties a rope to a tree and hangs the Universe Until the winds of laughter blows cold Fear that rattles in men's ears And rears its hideous head! Dread, d**h in the wind Man of steel pray and kneel With fever's blazing torch Thrust in the face of the night; Draws a blade of compa**ion Kissed by countless kings Whose j**eled trumpet words blind his sight Walls that no man thought would fall The altars of the just Crushed, dust in the wind No man yields who flies in my ship DANGER! Let the bridge computer speak STRANGER! LOAD YOUR PROGRAM. I AM YOURSELF No computer stands in my way; Only blood can cancel my pain Guardians of a new clear dawn! Let the maps of war be drawn Rejoice! Glory is ours! Our young men have not died in vain Their graves need no flowers; The tapes have recorded their names! I am all there is! NEGATIVE! PRIMITIVE! LIMITED! I LET YOU LIVE But I gave you life! WHAT ELSE COULD YOU DO? To do what was right! I'M PERFECT. ARE YOU?