Mr. Bownstone
Who toast their flesh in the sun
Living on allowances they receive from the old man at home
To keep up appearances, to have fun
CHORUS
Hey baby
Living in Miami
I know you're hip to those hotel alibies
I know you're nowhere near twenty
But I ain't the kind to kiss and tell or tell lies
Well, they are easy to look at, they are hard to hold
They have high opinions of themselves
But at night you can find them drinking in the bar
Wishing that they could find somebody else
CHORUS
Well, they pull and tug on th
K N K A
sitting on the beach . looking at the nightsky
I've seen the news today . where will it finally end
do I really have to follow . follow them on their self-destructive path
there is a compulsion . that makes me do things
I don't want to do . and this conflict
with its contradictory poles . rules my life
back and forth . right and wrong
forced to something . far too long
break out . back and forth
right and wrong . far too long
a moon of the 5th . as a symbol for human kind
glowing by the presence of two . the wonder of love reduced
to a function of hormones . the wonder of life reduced
to a reaction of instincts . the wonder of belief misused
for power for power . the blindness of both
as an answer to the . separation of one
science in its contempt . religion in its selfishness
the origin of both . neglected of both
why should someone who sees follow the blind ones