The World According To Lionel

Low Plains Drifter

Do you remember when
Back when we first began
Remember how we felt
Life was so free
It was ours just to be
And we'd take on anything it dealt

We'd hit the town
With the craziest sound
Let everyone know who we were
We were shining so bright
Through the darkest of nights
We saw our destinies so clear

But life has a way of saying
Not today were playing
A different game out on the street
Yeah when the levy breaks
The rising tide forsakes
The few we believed in last week

She was saying all along
She was saying all along
She was saying all along
The high plains are where we belong

I was out on the danger floor
As one of the loveless four
Thinking time was moving too slow
Without compassion or need
We commissioned the greed
But you'll never hear us saying so

We flew round the sun
But it was just for fun
Just to prove we were without chains
With a hope in the flash
When we'd finally crash
That no one would forget our names

But the dust settles fast
The ships up to it's mast
But no one's coming to our aid
They say it's not easy
Being a Barbican Gypsy
When the pubs close and it's time to fad

She was saying all along
She was saying all along
She was saying all along
The high plains are where we belong