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Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond the illusion
I was soaring ever higher, but I flew too high
Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
Though my mind could thnk I still was a mad man
I hear the voices when I′m dreamin′, I can hear them say

CHORUS
Carry on my wayward son,
For there′ll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Now don′t you cry no more

Masquerading as a man with a reason
My charade is the event of the season
And if I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don′t know
On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Tossed about I′m like a ship on the ocean
I set a course for winds of fortune, but I hear the voices say

CHORUS

Carry on, you will always remember
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor
Now your life′s no longer empty
Surely heaven waits for you

CHORUS

@ Kansas

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Carry on my wayward son
There′ll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don′t you cry no more

Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
I was soaring ever higher
But I flew too high

Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
I hear the voices when I′m dreaming
I can hear them say

Carry on my wayward son
There′ll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don′t you cry no more

Masquerading as a man with a reason
My charade is the event of the season
And if I claim to be a wise man but
It surely means that I don′t know

On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Tossed about I′m like a ship on the ocean
I set a course for winds of fortune
But I hear the voices say

Carry on my wayward son
There′ll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don′t you cry no more, no

Carry on, you will always remember
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor
Now your life′s no longer empty
Surely heaven waits for you

Carry on my wayward son
There′ll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don′t you cry
Don′t you cry no more, no more

@ Kansas

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(Kerry Livgren)

>From the mountains to the sun, life has only just begun
We wed this land and pledge our souls to meet its end,
Life has only just begun
Here my people roam the earth, in the kingdom of our birth
Where the dust of all our horses hides the sun
We are mighty on the earth, on the earth

You have come to move me, take me from my ancient home,
Land of my fathers I can′t leave you now
We will share it with you, no man owns this earth we′re on
Now the wheels are rolling, hear the howling winds of war
It′s my destiny to fight and die
Is there no solution, can we find no other way, Lord let me stay
Under the endless sky and the earth below
Here I was born to live and I will never go, oh no

But we cannot endure like the earth and the mountains
Life is not ours to keep, for a new sun is rising

Soon these days shall pass away, for our freedom we must pay
All our words and deeds are carried on the wind,
In the ground our bodies lay, here we lay

@ Kansas

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I close my eyes,
Only for a moment, and the moment′s gone
All my dreams,
Pass before my eyes, a curiosity

Dust in the wind,
All they are is dust in the wind

Same old song,
Just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do, crumbles to the ground,
Though we refuse to see

Dust in the wind,
All we are is dust in the wind

Don′t hang on,
Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away,
All your money won′t another minute buy

Dust in the wind,
All we are is dust in the wind

@ Kansas

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(Kerry Livgren/Steve Walsh/Rich Williams/Dave Hope/Phil Ehart/Robby
Steinhardt)

This foolish game, oh it′s still the same
The notes go dancin′ off in the air
And don′t you believe it′s true, the music is all for you
It′s really all we′ve got to share
Cause rockin′ and rollin′, it′s only howlin′ at the moon
It′s only howlin′ at the moon

@ Kansas

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(Kerry Livgren)

There′s a reason for all that rhymes, it′s the fact and the way of the
times
It′s moving emotion, it′s high and it′s low, no matter where you go
There is something for all who look, there′s a story in every book
All of the pages, between all the lines, so much that you can find

But there′s too many empty lives my friend
And we just can′t let them waste away
For this life is a precious thing my friend
And we just can′t wait another day

There′s a message in every word, and it′s more than the word you heard
It′s moving emotion, it comes like the sea, washing all over me

For there′s nothing that we can′t do my friend, cause the spirit is with
us all
And it′s here and it′s now, it′s up and it′s down
You can feel it surrounding us all.

After all we′re the same, only difference is a name and where we are
In this crazy mixed up deal, there′s su much that you can feel
Near and far it′s where you are

And there′s times when I can′t contain all the feelings of love I′ll gain
It′s there for the asking, it′s for all of you if you would take it too

@ Kansas

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(Steve Walsh/Kerry Livgren)

When the sun is in the mid sky, he wears a golden crown
And he soaks the world with sunshine as he makes another round
It′s been a faster yeard than yesterday, all things that I had planned
And when I think I might be gaining I′m in the sunshine once again

Well I walk the road of life among the strong, among the weak
And I ask them for the shortcut to the answers that I seek
But it seems nobody understands what is and what will be
Oh, the questions of my childhood weave a web of mystery

Can you get me through these changes?
Well I sure don′t know about life, but one thng for sure
All I need is you babe, we got to get the golden key to unlock the door

I don′t need to face a world of disillusion
I′ve come to one conclusion that I know you know is true
In the game of silent searching the cost of love is rising
And I′m just now realizing I′d be better off with you

It′s a game that I′ve been living, now I Need to know what′s real
Can you help me find the answers, can you tell the way I feel?
Will you stay with me forever, just stay with me tonight
And we can talk about tomorrow if it all works out alright

@ Kansas

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(Kerry Livgren/Steve Walsh)

I′m woven in a fantasy, I can′t believe the things I see
The path that I have chosen now has led me to a wall
And with each passing day I feel a little more like something dear was
lost
It rises now before me, a dark and silent barrier between,
Aall I am, and all that I would ever want to be
It′s just a travesty, towering, marking off the boundaries my spirit
would erase

To pass beyond is what I seek, I fear that I may be too weak
And those are few who′ve seen it through to glimpse the other side,
The promised land is waiting like a maiden that is soon to be a bride
The moment is a masterpiece, the weight of indecision′s in the air
It′s standing there, the symbol and the sum of all that′s me
It′s just a travesty, towering, blocking out the light and blinding me
I want to see

Gold and diamonds cast a spell, it′s not for me I know it well
The treasures that I seek are waiting on the other side
There′s more than I can measure in the treasure of the love that I can
find
And though it′s always been with me, I must tear down the wall and let
it be
All I am, and all that I was ever meant to be, in harmony
Shining true and smiling back at all who wait to cross
There is no loss

@ Kansas