Paper Blood Lyrics

(keith emerson/greg lake/carl palmer)

Livin' on a razor's edge
Sharper than a knife
Surrender to the power of wedge
Keep running for your life
You don't need no periscope
You won't need second sight
It'll come at you so fast my friend
It's thank you and goodnight

Chorus
Caught in the river
You can't stop the flood
That's the power of money, paper blood

Ambition flies on silver wings
Searching for a crown

King of kings, they pull the strings
Until they run you down
No matter what you've undergone
The measure of success
Is how much you can charge it on
American express

Chorus

You don't need to drive a car
And you don't need a house
And you don't need a guiding star
When living like a mouse
In the presidenttial suite
They'd rather see you burn
Ducking and diving just to make ends meet
To the point of no return

Lake & Palmer Emerson - Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults, Vol. 4

Jul 2006

1. Karn Evil 9 1st Impression, Pt. 2
2. Tarkus: Eruption/Stone of Years/Iconoclast/Mass/Manticore/The ...
3. Still You Turn Me On
4. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promonade/The Gnome/Promonade ...
5. Take a Pebble/Piano Concerto 3rd Movement/Maple Leaf Rag/Take a Pebble
6. Pictures at an Exhibition : Hut of Baba Yaga/The Curse ... [2nd Half w/
7. Karn Evil 9 1st Impression [2nd Half w/Acapella Ending]
8. Tank/Enemy God
9. Fanfare for the Common Man/Rondo
10. Paper Blood
11. Creole Dance
12. Close to Home
13. Romeo and Juliet
14. Greg Plays
15. Farewell to Arms
16. Medley: Changing States/America/Rondo
17. Another Frontier
18. Piano Instrumental