Up all night long And there's something very wrong And I know it must be late Been gone since yesterday I'm not like you guys I'm not like you Hey mom, there's something in the backroom Hope it's not the creatures from above You used to read me stories

You've been wandering for days How you felt me slip your mind Leave behind your wanting ways Cause you were all I ever longed for I want to look you in the eye And I will hold you in Wide eyed, with a heart-ling full of fright Your eyes follow like

Bright red, how am I gonna find a way? Tears and shades of gray I've lost forever from today The long red, flowing through my mind Dream here, dreamin' there Two pieces all the time Sobered, wisdoms in my dreams Bits and pieces in my arms

Rise up to the shining Live long live now Don't be blind by fools again Fools again There's a man who sees all there is to see What the future holds for all As the days grow dark with the grim and final warning Beware of the ones with invisible friends

In case you didn't know That I could live this life without you Even though I don't tell you all the time You had my heart a long, long time ago I can't count the times I almost said what's on my mind Just the other day I wrote down all the things I'd say

Always thought impossible Break the chains of life What I fought for every day Could finally come alive Whatever dreams I longed for I strove for to defend Whatever hope that's there for me Will stay there to the end There's no trace of yesterday

Mister Magic, take a token Mister Magic, of my love Mister Magic, I see you through the smoke Mister Magic Every day I see you My hands were made for you And you always give me stress free point of view Pick you up after school Without you I'm misery

I stayed in Mississippi a day too long There's only one thing that I did wrong Was stayed in Mississippi a day too long Every step of the way We walk the line Your days are numbered So are mine Time is piling up We struggle and we scrape

How long has this been going on? 'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem. To break up our singing this way, But there ain't any use in pretending. It could happen to us any day. Well, if friends with their fancy persuasion Don't admit that it's part of a

Did you read about the flood? Happened long time ago In Tupelo, Mississippi There were thousands of lives It rained, it rained Both night and day The poor people was worried Didn't have no place to go