Jimmy Buffett - Pacing The Cage

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by: Bruce Cockburn

Sunset is an angel weeping
Holding out a bloody sword
No matter how I squint I cannot
Make out what it`s pointing toward
Sometimes you feel like you`ve lived too long
Days drip slowly on the page
And You catch yourself
Pacing the cage

I`ve proven who I am so many times
The magnetic strip`s worn thin
And each time I was someone else
And everyone was taken in
Powers chatter in high places
Stir up eddies in the dust of rage
Set me to pacing the cage

I never knew what you all wanted
So I gave you everything
All that I could pillage
All the spells that I could sing
It`s as if the thing were written
In the constitution of the age
Sooner or later you`ll wind up
Pacing the cage

Sometimes the best map will not guide you
You can`t see what`s round the bend
Sometimes the road leads through dark places
Sometimes the darkness is your friend
Today these eyes scan bleached-out land
For the coming of the outbound stage
Pacing the cage

Pacing the cage

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