From the recording The Poetry of Jazz
Allan Harris - vocals/guitar
Alan Grubner - violin
John Di Martino - piano
Sylvia Cuenca - drums
Jay White - bass
Lyrics
Living in a city that has changed my mind
Leaving all the problems that I had behind
I’m a soldier
Never moved this slow
Gotta march in time to what I know
Picking up the pieces of a broken dream
All the plans I made turned out to be just schemes
And illusions
Was a shallow man
Drifting through my life without a plan
Like sand my thoughts slip through
The hourglass of time
A lonely heart can only break a troubled mind
The bird of paradise I seek
I hope to find
The truth is what I need
Reality is just a dream
Stepping over boundaries to the wide unknown
Never had a thought that I could call my own
Had a vision
So I changed my ways
No more standing still with feet of clay
Take away the promise of a brighter day
They will see the answer written on my face
There’s no method
To my madness
That I always tried to hide away
