Shadow In The Shade-Mishka Adams

[ti:Shadow In The Shade] [ar:Mishka Adams] [al:Talk About] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Shadow In The Shade - Mishka Adams [00:15.32]You were the brightest star [00:17.60]The night sky ever displayed [00:22.46] [00:24.35]But in the early morning light [00:26.80] [00:28.60]You started to fade [00:30.46] [00:33.57]You had a revolutionary vision [00:36.28] [00:37.99]Of breaking down the barricades [00:40.32] [00:41.68]But because you lacked the wisdom [00:44.85] [00:45.65]Your dreams were all betrayed [00:48.57] [00:52.12]Wise men gave their counsel [00:54.73] [00:55.60]But the truth you did evade [00:58.37] [01:00.22]You never heeded any of them [01:03.23] [01:03.93]You were the renegade [01:06.01] [01:09.23]You thought you were the biggest alligator [01:12.11] [01:13.24]That ever cruised the everglades [01:16.10] [01:17.72]But oh now you're just a shadow in the shade [01:24.20] [01:31.35]So you left your small bowl far behind [01:35.21]But now you wish that you had stayed [01:38.29] [01:39.65]The big fish in this ocean [01:42.09]Have got you feelin' so afraid [01:45.91] [01:49.22]Still you climbed on up the ladder [01:52.29] [01:54.10]You thought you had it made [01:55.96] [01:57.32]But your confidence was shattered [02:00.69]By the song that a dreamer played [02:04.14] [02:07.58]Your hand full of bloody diamonds [02:10.02] [02:11.14]And your heart full of clubs and spades [02:14.25] [02:15.45]You gambled with poor people's lives [02:18.58] [02:19.08]Now through your conscience you must pay [02:22.05] [02:26.20]Dogs barked their warnings [02:27.98] [02:30.03]And even donkeys brayed [02:31.96] [02:33.80]Oh now you're just a shadow in the shade [02:39.86] [02:43.71]Oh oh oh oh you're just a shadow in the shade [02:49.82] [02:52.11]But it's you they'll be looking for in the heat of the day [02:57.66] [03:01.28]Oh oh oh oh you're just a shadow in the shade [03:07.42] [03:09.59]But it's you they'll be looking for in the heat of the day [03:15.38] [03:18.37]Then you had a little revelation [03:21.04] [03:22.36]So you went on your crusade [03:25.23] [03:25.93]But you were preaching to the converted [03:29.04] [03:29.83]There was no one to persuade [03:33.02] [03:36.11]Like the fool that struts and frets [03:39.04] [03:39.87]He's out upon the stage [03:42.81] [03:44.19]You gave your best performance [03:47.00]But no one follows your parade [03:50.65] [03:53.86]To be back where you were [03:55.70]Now you'd give it all your gold your purse your jade [04:00.39] [04:01.81]But nobody wants to take that fall [04:05.32]There is no one willing to trade [04:08.20] [04:11.37]Little children see right through you [04:14.27] [04:15.18]They know it's all a charade [04:18.31] [04:19.59]Oh man you're just a shadow in the shade [04:25.91] [04:29.43]Oh oh oh oh you're just a shadow in the shade [04:35.63] [04:37.71]But it's you they'll be looking for in the heat of the day [04:43.50] [04:47.03]Oh oh oh oh you're just a shadow in the shade [04:53.06] [04:55.21]But it's you they'll be looking for in the heat of the day [05:00.98] [05:04.00]Well you got your wake up call [05:06.72] [05:07.93]But it was a little too late [05:10.84] [05:11.98]You thought you had handle on it all [05:14.45] [05:15.41]When you were holding on the blade [05:18.39] [05:21.53]Even so you just kept on working [05:24.61] [05:25.51]Trying to earn an honest wage [05:28.13] [05:29.41]But there is the price of everything [05:32.95]On the day that you got paid [05:35.97] [05:51.06]When at last salvation found you [05:54.04] [05:54.93]So worn out and dismayed [05:57.75] [05:58.39]She was the image of perfection [06:02.35]In the sunlight well arrayed [06:05.12] [06:08.33]She came dancing through the afternoon [06:11.76] [06:12.32]You tried to reach out and touch her braids [06:15.30] [06:16.43]But oh man you're just a shadow in the shade [06:22.91] [06:26.77]Oh oh oh oh you're just a shadow in the shade [06:32.86] [06:34.96]But it's you they'll be looking for in the heat of the day [06:40.63] [06:44.37]Oh oh oh oh you're just a shadow in the shade [06:50.41] [06:52.61]But it's you they'll be looking for in the heat of the day [06:58.34] [07:01.97]Oh oh oh oh you're just a shadow in the shade [07:08.40] [07:10.37]But you'll return tonight at the end of the day