THOMPSON, Richard


I Still Dream

It was cruel of you to stand at my door and take my hand

Like a drowning man I clung to my defenses

And ten years is a time but your looks, love, it's a crime

And I lost my tongue in the tangle of my senses

And I never was to know that I'd come to miss you so

But time winds down and I turned my back long ago

But I still dream, oh darling I still dream

Oh I still dream, oh Lord knows I still dream

On the killing floor I stand with a stun gun in my hand

Like a cowboy shooting badmen on the range

And nothing satisfies and the soul inside me dies

As I duck each punch and never risk the change

And now you look at me with that same old used-to-be

Oh but time winds down and I turned my back long ago

But I still dream, oh darling I still dream

Ah but now you look at me with that same old used-to-be

But time winds down and I turned my back long ago

But I still dream, oh darling, darling I still dream

I still dream, oh Lord knows, Lord knows I still dream

Oh I still dream, oh darling, darling, darling I still dream

The Great Valerio

High up above the crowd
The great Valerio is walking
The rope seems hung from cloud to cloud
And time stands still while he is walking
His eye is steady on the target
His foot is sure upon the rope
Alone and peaceful as a mountain
And certain as the mountain slope

We falter at the sight
We stumble in the mire
Fools who think they see the light
Prepare to balance on the wire
But we learn to watch together,
And feed on what we see above
'Til our hearts turn like the seasons
And we are acrobats of love

How we wonder, how we wonder
Watching far below
We would all be that great hero
The great Valerio

Come all you upstart jugglers
Are you really ready yet?
Who will help the tightrope walker
When he tumbles to the net
So come with me to see Valerio
As he dances through the air
I'm your friend until you use me
And then be sure I won't be there

How we wonder, how we wonder
Watching far below
We would all be that great hero
The great Valerio