true to life

dancing city,

now you're talking,

but where's your soul?

roxy music - from 'avalon'(1982)

* true to life

so it gets to seven
and I think of nothing
but living in darkness
and the diamond lady

well she's not telling
i don't even know her name

it's amazing
times have changed
in days of old
imagination'd leave you standing
out in the cold

dancing city
now you're talking
but where's your soul
-you've a thousand faces
i'll never know

true to life

true to life

there are complications
and compensations
if you know the game
agitated in xenon nightly
i'll take you home again

travel way downtown
in search of nothing
but the sky at night
and the diamond lady
well she's not talking
yeah, it's alright

true to life

true to life

so i turn the pages
and tell the story
from town to town

people tell me
be determined
poor country boy

too much luck
means too much trouble
much time alone

but arm in arm
with my seaside diamond
i'll soon be home

true to life

true to life