General Deluxé (album Version)

C'mon - we've been us,
C'mon - we've been them,
C'mon - we've been looking,
looking for a gem.
C'mon - we've been none,
C'mon - we've been some,
C'mon - we've been marching
to a different drum.

A still, quiescent feeling sometimes grows
too big and must be given a journey.
We are friends searching for a lost valley.
Lonely Mountains, they guard that jewel, we know.

C'mon - we've been young,
C'mon - we've been old,
giving in to legends
letting them unfold.
C'mon - we've been none,
C'mon - we've been some,
C'mon - we've been marching
to a different drum.

The things I've seen with,
I've seen with my ears,
my mind playing, staying with
the things I've seen with,
I've seen with my ears,
all those places, faces,
over the years.

In a beauteous garden we stargaze,
and hear revelry noises of a feast
from a shimmering distance that's ablaze,
magic fires delight and they amaze.

Odd are flames that dance,
odd are their wild swings,
odd are moving shadows,
odd are songs they sing,
odd are silhouettes,
odd are thoughts they bring,
odd are stars above us,
odd are their playthings...

I have seen with,
I've seen with my ears,
my mind playing, staying with
the things I've,
I've seen with my ears,
all those places, faces,
over all these years.
Your eyes they spin you lies and cheat you,
and tell your brain to keep you all blind.
The quest for Shangri-la is untrue,
till child is father of the man's mind.
Yeah yeah yeaaah!

A
strange garden of a fantastic,
a fantastic house
that is overlooking a river
in a lush, green valley
of the mountains...

Where
everyone you happen upon (repeat * 12)
is ...
(Spoken)
an adventure?

C'mon - we've been lost,
C'mon - we've been found,
C'mon - we've been questing
hi and low for sounds.
C'mon - we've been none,
C'mon - we've been some,
C'mon - we've been marching
to a different drum.

Seen with,
I've seen with my ears,
those who seek, sought the valley.
Seen with,
I've seen with my ears,
all those places, faces,
over the years.