Shapes In The Sky Lyrics - Singles - La Strada

the beggar king twists his story 

into glory after glory 

telling tales to strangers 

dying for category 

he straggles through the city 

with a burning cigarette 

opening red doors 

the lucky man is dying to forget. 

red lights on broadway avenue 

there's a chalk man on the scene 

it could have been a fun day 

but he flew to be a king 

his mind a toll booth he couldn't pay fee 

so many open doors it hurt to see 

across the burning ocean 

arabian sands are pearl white 

with the dreams of the dying 

wishing their brothers to the light 

wind blows quiet when man is sleeping 

once he arises the fire burns again 

an azure dusk in december 

the month of the 'remember' 

overlooking pacific way 

and wanting fly away 

is like a blue eve in brooklyn 

by a busy intersection 

struck by a magnetic direction 

that left me spinning 

when there is nothing but cold dirt and sky 

there's nothing to live for but shapes in the sky 

there's an arrow across the river 

life is for the living 

are you going to stand and follow it?