Pacing The Cage

Jimmy Buffett

Sunset is an angel weeping 
Holding out a bloody sword 
No matter how I squint I cannot 
Make out what it's pointing toward 
Sometimes you feel like you've lived too long 
Days drip slowly on the page 
And You catch yourself 
Pacing the cage 

I've proven who I am so many times 
The magnetic strip's worn thin 
And each time I was someone else 
And everyone was taken in 
Powers chatter in high places 
Stir up eddies in the dust of rage 
Set me to pacing the cage 
 
 I never knew what you all wanted 
So I gave you everything 
All that I could pillage 
All the spells that I could sing 
It's as if the thing were written 
In the constitution of the age 
Sooner or later you'll wind up 
Pacing the cage 

Sometimes the best map will not guide you 
You can't see what's round the bend 
Sometimes the road leads through dark places 
Sometimes the darkness is your friend 
Today these eyes scan bleached-out land 
For the coming of the outbound stage 
Pacing the cage 

Pacing the cage
 
 
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