Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Trilogy

1972. Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Carl Palmer.

The Endless Enigma (Part One)

Keith Emerson, Greg Lake

Why do you stare
Do you think that I care?
You’ve been misled
By the thoughts in your head

Your words waste and decay
Nothing you say
Reaches my ears anyway
You never spoke a word of truth

Why do you think
I believe what you said
Few of your words
Ever enter my head

I’m tired of hypocrite freaks
With tongues in their cheeks
Turning their eyes as they speak
They make me sick and tired

Are you confused
To the point in your mind
Though you’re blind
Can’t you see you’re wrong
Won’t you refuse
To be used
Even though you may know
I can see you’re wrong
Please, please, please open their eyes
Please, please, please don’t give me lies

I ruled all of the earth
Witnessed my birth
Cried at the sight of a man
And still I don’t know who I am

Are you confused
To the point in your mind
Though you’re blind
Can’t you see you’re wrong
Won’t you refuse
To be used
Even though you may know
I can see you’re wrong
Please, please, please open their eyes
Please, please, please don’t give me lies

I’ve seen paupers as kings
Puppets on strings
Dance for the children who stare
You must have seen them everywhere

Fugue

Keith Emerson

The Endless Enigma (Part Two)

Keith Emerson, Greg Lake

Each part was played
Though the play was not shown
Everyone came
But they all sat alone

The dawn opened the play
Waking the day
Causing a silent hooray
The dawn will break another day

Now that it’s done
Are we going to see the reason why I’m here

From the Beginning

Greg Lake

There might have been things I missed
But don’t be unkind
It don’t mean I’m blind
Perhaps there’s a thing or two

I think of lying in bed
I shouldn’t have said
But there it is

You see it’s all clear
You were meant to be here
From the beginning

Maybe I might have changed
And not been so cruel
Not been such a fool
Whatever was done is done
I just can’t recall
It doesn’t matter at all

You see it’s all clear
You were meant to be here
From the beginning

The Sheriff

Keith Emerson, Greg Lake

Big kid Josie rode away
In the sunset covered sky
A lynching mob had strung his friend up
Right before his eyes
He didn’t know what they’d both done
He sure as hell would end up hung
Or help to notch the sheriff’s gun
If he didn’t move on
Get out of here

The sheriff followed Josie’s trail
From Kansas City West
He said he’d put a bullet right
Through poor old Josie’s chest
But Josie wasn’t like the rest
He don’t like bullet holes in his vest
In fact he’d do his very best
Don’t want any arrest
Don’t want to be the guest
Of the sheriff

The nights got so damned cold
He couldn’t stand the pace
He looked again for sheriff’s men
But couldn’t see a trace
Josie found a nice warm place
But then the sheriff solved the case
Poked a gun in Josie’s face
And said lookie here…

Sheriff rode him into town
With Josie lookin‘ sad
He didn’t know about the six-gun
Big kid Josie had
Then Josie drew his gun real fast
Gave the sheriff one big blast
Now Josie runs the town at last
A legend from the past
Nobody ever messed with the sheriff

Hoedown

Aaron Copland

Trilogy

Keith Emerson, Greg Lake

I’ve tried to mend
The love that ended
Long ago although we still pretend
Our love is surely coming to an end
Don’t waste the time you’ve got to love again

We tried to lie
But you and I
Know better than to let each other lie
The thought of lying to you makes me cry
Counting up the time that’s passed us by

I’ve sent this letter hoping it will reach your hand
And if it does I hope that you will understand

That I must leave in a while
And though I smile
You know the smile is only there to hide
What I’m really feeling deep inside
Just a face where I can hang my pride

Goodbye…
Goodbye…

We’ll talk of places that we went
And times that we have spent
Together penniless and free

You’ll see the day another way
And wake up with the sunshine
pouring right down where you lay

You’ll love again I don’t know when
But if you do I know that
you’ll be happy in the end

Living Sin

Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Carl Palmer

Will you stand up or will you freeze
That savage woman make you pleased
Turn your inside outside in
Still you don’t know where she has been
Living sin

Can’t you see through
She’s going to realize the way to sound you

Finely ground you

Sullen
Never to be wanted by a one night lover
Tell you
Stories of a meeting with a younger brother
Twisting
All the people rather just to find a cover
No one
Ever got a body from a two-faced mother

Can’t you see through
She’s going to realize the way to sound you

Tipped you, never saw it coming
Hooked you up with Coca-Cola cunning
Nice and slippery

 Abaddon’s Bolero

Keith Emerson

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