(Nylon Guitar Fingerstyle)
He deals the cards as a meditation
To read the lines of every fate
The silence speaks in quiet sensation
A lonely soul too wise to wait
I see the masks that people wear
Beneath the smiles and polite lies
The world is not beyond compare
It’s painted in deceptive skies
Oh how I wish I could stay young
Before the shadows start to grow
Before the heart learns what it’s done
And watches all the colors go
(Harmonica Solo)
Just let the harmonica cry
For every dream we left behind
Underneath this gray sky
Where truth and fiction intertwine
I’ve learned to walk through fire and ice
With steady hands and guarded eyes
No need for rage or sudden vice
Just truth beneath the disguise
How much harder must we fall
To understand the human cost
To hear the echo of the call
When everything is lost
Oh how I wish I could stay young
Before the shadows start to grow
Before the heart learns what it’s done
And watches all the colors go
This isn’t who I really am
Behind the mask I wear so well
I’m just a stranger to the man
Who knows too much and feels too small
Let the guitar fade away
Into the night into the rain
Take me back to yesterday
Before I knew the weight of pain
(Guitar Fade Out)
