Angel Of Lyon-Steve Young

[ti:Angel Of Lyon] [ar:Steve Young] [al:Switchblades of Love] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Angel Of Lyon - Steve Young [00:09.75]He had a vision of anne marie with a rosary in her hand [00:17.83] [00:19.69]So it's exit the rainmake that the old grey flannel man [00:28.32] [00:32.14]With a closet full of business suites and a letter by the phone [00:40.15] [00:41.36]He said I'm on my way to paradise to see the angel of lyon [00:50.18] [00:54.52]Then he caught a train in brussels he ordered cognac and croissants [01:02.67] [01:04.66]And he made a mental list of things he owned but did not want [01:13.01] [01:16.80]All the buildings and the real estate the antique glass and stone [01:25.40] [01:27.14]He'd take a vow of poverty to see the angel of lyon [01:35.17] [01:39.15]And he sang ava maria at least the parts he knew [01:47.66] [01:49.31]And he watched the shadow of the train [01:53.12] [01:54.46]On the towns that they rolled through [01:57.71] [01:59.38]And he closed his eyes and saw the two rivers [02:03.29] [02:04.43]The rhone and the sonne [02:07.69] [02:09.40]The male and the female spirit of the city of lyon [02:17.88] [02:40.99]Then he waited on the bridge where they met the year before [02:49.47] [02:51.14]And the days turned into weeks till the seasons number four [02:59.61] [03:03.55]And his clothes grew worn and ragged as through the streets he roamed [03:11.96] [03:13.40]Searching every open window for his angel of lyon [03:21.95] [03:25.66]And he sang ava maria at least the parts he knew [03:34.28] [03:35.60]And he watched his shadow on the walls of the streets he walked through [03:44.01] [03:45.41]And he crossed the sacred rivers the rhone and the sonne [03:53.94] [03:54.78]But they would not give him the secret of the angel of lyon [04:05.36] [04:26.65]Now there's a thousand candles burning in the basilica tonight [04:35.34] [04:37.15]Where sister eve maria is the keeper of the light [04:45.71] [04:48.87]And down a dream of alleyways walks a saint of rag and bone [04:57.68] [04:59.23]A madman torn asunder by the angel of lyon [05:07.76] [05:11.27]And he sang ava maria at least the parts he knew [05:19.95] [05:21.12]And he watched his shadow on the walls of the streets he walked through [05:29.64] [05:30.78]And he crossed the sacred rivers the rhone and the sonne [05:39.20] [05:40.76]But they never gave up the secret of the angel of lyon