Firebird

Blind man walks in the village of steel
Tapping his cane so carefully
Don't want to step on an orange peel
'neath an iron tree
Tries to recall the words of a song
Tries to recall the name of this place
Gold Boy says you don't belong
And slaps him in the face

Redwing flies thru the forest of glass
Looking for seed or a crust of bread
Searching a home in the frozen grass
Longing for a bed
Tries to rememeber the notes of a tune
Tries to recall the sound of her name
Tries to remember the sweetness of June
And burns in winter's flame

Nobody needs you
Nobody needs you

Scarecrow stands by the ocean of rust
Arms raised high in a sign of a V
Face is covered with salt and dust
Blown in from the sea
Thinkin' about all the years gone by
Recalling the scent of a love's embrace
Counting the days as seconds fly
And stick upon her face

Nobody loves you
Nobody wants you

Boys and girls in the city of gold
They don't back down and they won't hold back
The world is theirs, 'cause so they've been told
They keep it in a sack
Having a drink in the bar of sound
They see a painting of a burning bird
Tell the waiter to put it down
Spitting every word

Blind man walks in the village of steel
Tapping his cane so carefully
Don't want to step on an orange peel (nobody needs you)
'neath an iron tree
Tries to recall the words of a song
Tries to recall the name of this place
Gold Boy says you don't belong (nobody needs you)
And slaps him in the face