Closer to Believing (2017 Remastered Version) - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Do you remember a guy that's been In such an early song? I've heard a rumour from Ground Control Oh no, don't say it's true They got a message from the Action Man "I'm happy, hope you're happy too I've loved all I've needed, love Sordid details following" The shrieking of nothing is killing Just pictures of Jap girls in synthesis And I ain't got no money and I ain't got no hair But I'm hoping to kick but the planet is glowing Ashes to ashes, funk to funky We know Major Tom's a junkie Strung out in heaven's high Hitting an all-time low Time and again I tell myself I'll stay clean tonight But the little green wheels are following me Oh no, not again I'm stuck with a valuable friend "I'm happy, hope you're happy too" One flash of light but no smoking pistol I never done good things I never done bad things I never did anything out of the blue, woh-oh-oh Want an axe to break the ice Wanna come down right now Ashes to ashes, funk to funky We know Major Tom's a junkie Strung out in heaven's high Hitting an all-time low My mother said to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom My mother said to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom My mother said to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom My mother said to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom

There's a brand new dance But I don't know its name That people from bad homes Do again and again It's big and it's bland Full of tension and fear They do it over there But we don't do it here Fashion, turn to the left Fashion, turn to the right Ooh fashion We are the goon squad and we're coming to town Beep-beep, beep-beep Listen to me, don't listen to me Talk to me, don't talk to me Dance with me, don't dance with me No Beep-beep There's a brand new talk But it's not very clear, oo, bop That people from good homes Are talking this year, oo, bop, fashion It's loud and it's tasteless I've not heard it before, oo, bop You shout it while you're dancing On the dance floor, oo, bop, fashion Fashion, turn to the left Fashion Fashion We are the goon squad and we're coming to town Beep-beep, beep-beep Listen to me, don't listen to me Talk to me, don't talk to me Dance with me, don't dance with me No Beep-beep, beep beep Oo, bop, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do Fa fa fa fa fashion Oo, bop, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do Fa fa fa fa fashion, la-la-la-la la la la la la Oo, bop, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do Fa fa fa fa fashion Oo, bop, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do Fa fa fa fa fashion, la-la-la-la la la la la Oo, bop, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do Fa fa fa fa fashion Oo, bop, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do Fa fa fa fa fashion, la-la la la la la la Oo, bop, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do Fa fa fa fa fashion Oo, bop, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do Fa fa fa fa fashion, la-la-la-la la la la la la

Bitches Crystal Knows how you Twist all the lines Fortune teller Future seller Of time Tortured spirits cry Fear is in their eyes Ghostly images die Witches potion Mixed in the ocean Of tears Mystical oowers Emerge from the towers Of fear Tortured spirits cry Fear is in their eyes Ghostly images die Evil learning People burning Savage casting No one lasting Witchcraft Sadness Madness Turning in their minds Evil learning People burning Savage casting No one lasting Witchcraft Sadness Madness Turning in their minds Ritual killings That swear in The shillings to be Heretic priestess Dwells on the Weakness she sees Tortured spirits cry Fear is in their eye Ghostly images die

Jeremy bender was a man of leisure Took his pleasure in the evening sun Laid him down in a bed of roses Finally decided to become a nun Talk with the sister, spoke in a whisper Threatened to fist her if she didn't come clean Jumped on the mother just like a brother Asked one another if the other is a queen Diggin' the sister she was a mister Shouldn't have kissed her, but he couldn't say no Wanted to leave her couldn't believe her So he picked up his suit-case and decided to go