(Banks)
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Bored of the life on the city of gold
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He'd left and let nobody know.
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Gone were the towers he had known from a child,
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Alone with the dream of a life
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He travelled the wide open road,
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The blinkered arcade,
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In search of another to share in his life.
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Nowhere.
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Everyone looked so strange to him.
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They've got no horns and they've got no tail
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They don't even know of our existence.
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Am I wrong to believe in a city of gold
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That lies in the deep distance, he cried
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And wept as they led him away to a cage
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Beast that can talk, read the sign.
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The creatures they pushed and they prodded his frame
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And questioned his story again.
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But soon they grew bored of their prey
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Beast that can talk?
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More like a freak or publicity stunt.
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Oh
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No.
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They've got no horns and they've got no tail
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They don't even know of our existence.
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Am I wrong to believe in a city of gold
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That lies in the deep distance, he cried
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And broke down the door of the cage and marched on out.
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He grabbed a creature by the scruff of his neck, pointing out:
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There, beyond the bounds of you weak imagination
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Lie the noble towers of my city, bright and gold.
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Let me take you there, show you a living story
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Let me show you others such as me
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Why did I ever leave?
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They've got no horns and they've got no tail
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They don't even know of our existence
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Am I wrong to believe in a city of gold
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That lies in the deep distance, he cried
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And wept.
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And so we set out with the best and his horns
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And his crazy description of home.
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After many days journey we came to a peak
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Where the beast gazed abroad and cried out.
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We followed his gaze and we thought that maybe we saw
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A spire of gold - no, a trick of the eye that's all,
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But the beast was gone and a voice was heard:
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They've got no horns and they've got no tail
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They don't even know of our existence
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Am I wrong to believe in a city of gold
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That lies in the deep distance
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Hello friend, welcome home.
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A Trick Of The Tail
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Genesis |