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Son you better be ready for love
On this glory day
This is your chance to believe
What I've got to say
Keep your eyes on the sky
Put a dollar in the kitty
Don't the moon look pretty
Tonight when I chase the dragon
The water may change to cherry wine
And the silver will turn to gold
Time out of mind
I am holding the mystical stone
It's direct from Lasa
Where people are rolling in the snow
Far from the world we know
Children we have it right here
It's the light in my eyes
It's perfection and grace
It's the smile on my face
Tonight when I chase the dragon
The water may change to cherry wine
And the silver will turn to gold
Time out of mind
Children we have it right here
It's the light in my eyes
It's perfection and grace
It's the smile on my face
Tonight when I chase the dragon
The water may change to cherry wine
And the silver will turn to gold
Time out of mind
On this glory day
This is your chance to believe
What I've got to say
Keep your eyes on the sky
Put a dollar in the kitty
Don't the moon look pretty
Tonight when I chase the dragon
The water may change to cherry wine
And the silver will turn to gold
Time out of mind
I am holding the mystical stone
It's direct from Lasa
Where people are rolling in the snow
Far from the world we know
Children we have it right here
It's the light in my eyes
It's perfection and grace
It's the smile on my face
Tonight when I chase the dragon
The water may change to cherry wine
And the silver will turn to gold
Time out of mind
Children we have it right here
It's the light in my eyes
It's perfection and grace
It's the smile on my face
Tonight when I chase the dragon
The water may change to cherry wine
And the silver will turn to gold
Time out of mind
Lyrics submitted by AbFab, edited by GeoJoe1000, AzRunner, XR650R
Time out of Mind Lyrics as written by Walter Becker Donald Fagen
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
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The best song about heroin...ever. There is a window, a sweet spot, with any subtance or love before one falls. This song is about that sweet spot. Despair happens after trouble. This is the period before the trouble. The period before you have to explain to people the reasoning behind your self-destructive, bizarre or otherwise anti-social behavior. This song is about that period in time when you can get all whacked out and look up at the sky and ask, "Wow, don't that moon look pretty?"
Heroin is a nasty drug that kills people. It convinces people that its okay to kill themselves. Part of an opiate high is dying. It reinforces a lie that somewhere, underneath all of it, there's more nobility in overdosing than there is committing suicide another way.
All that being said, there is something stunning about a high that takes away all the pain and reminds you of the beauty in the world.
This is the song.
As much as I hate heroin and what it does to people, I love this song. Michael McDonald's voice makes this song so much better than it already. So cool. Taking a step back from melodrama and looking at things with a canted view.