Flight of the Rat

[Verse 1]

Spread the word around, the rat is leaving town

The message is a song, the misery is gone, ooh yes, it is

Once I had a dream to sing before the queen

She didn't want to know, she wouldn't see the show

[Chorus]

Oh, what a fright, I couldn't do it right

Oh, what a night, ooh, what a night

[Verse 2]

Mystic demons fly all about the sky

With memories of a clown, the saddest show in town, yeah

When I was seventeen, my mother said to me

"Be careful what you touch, you shouldn't take so much"

[Chorus]

I blew my mind, she was so kind

I could have cried, oh

[Bridge]

Ooh, in my mind I had to find

A kind of new way of being oh so cool

Like a blue blooded, well studded English fool

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]

Speak about the past, the times are changing fast

Once I was so weak, I couldn't even speak, not a word

Shaking out a curse, nothing could be worse

Walking through the door, who could ask for more?

[Chorus]

And now I'm free and I can see

And I am me, yes, I am me

Oh

[Instrumental Break (2:40 - 5:24)]

[Organ Solo]

(Yeah! work it out, now, ooh)

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 4]

Spread the word around, the rat is leaving town

The message is a song, the misery is gone

Shaking out a curse, nothing could be worse

Walking through the door, who could ask for more?

[Chorus]

Now I'm free and I can see

And I am me, yes, I am me

[Instrumental Break (5:56 - 6:46)]

[Outro]

Oh, please stay away

[Instrumental Outro]

[Drum Solo]