He was a fallen angel from the Tower of Babble
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Strung out on the high wire
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Another skyline drifter an immaculate stranger
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A legend for the wild west end
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So when you're running in the slipstream of the ratrace veterans
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Only one thing left to do
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Take a breath slide away Quicksilver
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The clean cut easy way through
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It's no Easy Rider ain't no Midnight Cowboy
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Took his place at the starting line
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Cos he left you behind with his reputation
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Lone Ranger still fresh in our minds
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So when you've worked out the problems and you've worked out the angles
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And you've worked out what you wanted to do
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Take a breath slide away Quicksilver
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The only style that you ever knew
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That you ever knew
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Everyone's wanting a shortcut to somewhere
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Everyone's needing someone to look up to
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Everyone's looking for somebody's hero
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Are they nowhere to be found?
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Are they nowhere to be found?
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With the high heels clicking out the avenue semaphore
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Tapping out a serious distress
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To yesterdays zeros those reluctant young heroes
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Need a light to lead them out of this mess
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So when you're running in the slipstream of the ratrace veterans
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Only one thing left to do
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Take a breath slide away Quicksilver
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It's a clean cut easy way through
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He was a fallen angel from the Tower of Babble
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Strung up on the high wire
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Another skyline drifter an immaculate stranger
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A legend for the wild west end
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So when you've worked out the problems and you've worked out the angles
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And you've worked out what you wanted to do
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Take a breath slide away Quicksilver
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The only style that you ever knew
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That you ever knew
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Everyone's wanting a shortcut to somewhere
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Everyone's needing someone to look up to
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Everyone's looking for somebody's hero
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Are they nowhere to be found?
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Shortcut To Somewhere
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| Tony Banks |
