Closet Chronicles-Kansas

[ti:Closet Chronicles] [ar:Kansas] [al:Two For The Show (30th Anniver] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Closet Chronicles (Live 1977-1978) - Kansas (堪萨斯) [00:25.32]Once carried through the current and being swept away [00:30.45] [00:31.59]The king is in his closet he's hiding from today [00:36.12] [00:37.43]And though he owns all fortunes this room is where he'll stay [00:42.10] [00:42.97]And his world is filled with darkness turning grey [00:46.98] [00:49.28]Gazing out the window of the forty-second floor [00:53.71] [00:54.71]He is separate from all others no one knocks upon his door [00:59.77] [01:00.57]And it might as well be raining 'cause the sunlight hurts his eyes [01:05.44] [01:06.38]And his ears will never hear the children's cries [01:10.99] [01:12.18]Once proud and full of passion he fought the cause of man [01:16.98] [01:17.92]Many people loved his courage many followed his command [01:22.66] [01:23.71]He changed the old into the new and the course of things to come [01:28.46] [01:29.21]And then one day they noticed he was gone [01:32.50] [01:34.82]At first it didn't matter nobody seemed to care [01:39.43] [01:40.55]They all became too busy to find him anywhere [01:44.80] [01:46.42]But no one knew not even him the problems he would find [01:50.93] [01:52.18]On the day he journeyed deep into his mind [01:55.80] [01:58.80]I close my eyes I go far away [02:01.54]Away from this battlefield [02:02.96] [02:04.45]In my dreams well [02:06.71] [02:07.56]Here I will enjoy it [02:08.93] [02:09.88]Where innocence plays with all [02:11.67]The laughing children [02:13.23] [02:16.04]The kind who are crying right now [02:17.97] [02:22.02]A taste of freedom from the pain [02:24.65]Of everything here I see [02:26.71] [02:27.76]Life is sweet but I took it all for granted [02:32.26] [02:33.26]And now I don't know if I could even tell you [02:36.50] [02:39.01]Just what we permit we allow [02:43.31] [02:45.05]Allow me to forget the life I've made my own [02:49.11] [02:50.11]I've held this nation in my hand and yet it's not my home [02:54.79] [02:55.72]Oh allow me just one answer and one reason why [03:00.35] [03:01.22]Why this refugee of the family of man must die [03:05.90] [03:06.64]Tell me why [03:07.65] [05:23.37]Daydreams filled his nighttimes and night-dreams filled his days [05:27.68] [05:28.36]Confusion and uncertainty a puzzled mind of haze [05:32.83] [05:33.71]You thought he was so powerful and set upon his ways [05:37.96] [05:39.01]Well he left us all to follow through this maze [05:42.26] [05:44.39]I heard the king was dying I heard the king was dead [05:48.88] [05:49.93]And with him died the chronicles that no one ever read [05:54.62] [05:55.75]The closet's fully empty now it's occupied by none [06:00.17] [06:01.17]I'll draw the drapes now destiny is done