Palace Guard Lyrics - Rick Nelson

With handmade silver sparkles 

Like a well-dressed sequined whore 

Your lady-like deceptions 

Keep reaching out for more 

And you ask me for nothing 

And nothings not enough 

And the fisherman, he puts a claim on you 

But its nothing but a bluff 

So with jealous hands tied 'round my back 

I stumble 'cross the floor 

Not knowing how to speak 

I keep reaching for the door 

"I know, you know me, well" I say 

"'Cause Im the palace guard 

Remember me, we made love today 

At the Kings bazaar" 

And you look at me 

With eyes that never see 

I can feel something start 

To die inside of me 

And you speak 

In wordless freedoms never seen 

Now I realize 

To you its all a dream 

So before you show me everything 

Theres something I must know 

Ive worked with your friend John, the geek 

And his sidewalk trav'lin' show 

I know your childhood tailored dreams 

Are very well disguised 

So you dont have to fake it anymore 

Its all been memorized 

And you speak 

In wordless freedoms never seen 

Now I realize 

To you its all a dream 

And you speak to me with feelings 

As real as sealing wax 

As the nearness dawns, the moth is gone 

Leaving trailless tracks 

"All you village people 

Sing your songs of the morning sunlit sky 

Dont you think its time we moved along" 

Said the raven to the fly