(Preacher Speaking:)
I was in a really dark place,
I even thught of packing it in,
but I just could not bring myself to do it.
I met an old friend that I had a real connection with,
and he saw my despair.
He asked me if I wanted to play with him.
And as we played, I felt slowly but surely:
Rock and Roll grabbed me by the neck, and I wept.
You are a man of impeccable taste
And you know when the X marks the spot
We all need a map for the trail of your thought
Where to go, where the X marks the spot
You seem to have a misgiving
Hell yeah, you make a living
Don't add bricks to what we're heaving
We would so much rather enjoy beach, beer and a fire
You think something somewhere
Has a copyright for the world
And you've signed where the X marks the spot
You join a c**t, fill the void that you've got
Deep within where the X marks the spot
There you stand, talk and holler
How dark were all your colors
When you paint another sunrise
You leave out the sun
Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven
Or they slowly float away
How well do you know those you're calling your own?
I mean... come on dude! X marks the spot
Your starving soul in your house of skin and bone
You're an island, the X marks the spot
(Preacher:)
Testify children! Testify!
There you stand, talk and holler
How dark were all your colors
When you paint another sunrise
You leave out the sun
Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven
Or they slowly float away...(x2)
(Preacher:)
Rock and Roll allowed me to join this band.
There was a period of time where I hadn't exactly lost my soul,
I just didn't know where I had put it.
And I ended up in some very dark places and some dire circumstances.
Now let me tell you children, I was trying to fill a void in my heart.
To fill that void I denied what I always wanted:
Success, prosperity, the admiration I wanted as a player.
I got to play some big shows and travel the world from end to end.
In the midst of it all I had a yearning in my heart.
A yearning in my heart for Rock and Roll.
I was called to join this band,
and I was surrounded by good folks,
who were servants of the Rock and Roll,
who passed on the love. I'll Testify!
The fear was in me,
I could swear I saw my beating heart through my shirt.
You are a circus, but where is the clown?
There's no map, still the X marks the spot
There you stand, talk and holler
How dark were all your colors
When you paint another sunrise
You leave out the sun
Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven
Or they slowly float away down
Into the night with senior John Barleycorn
Heaven, heaven
Or they float slowly away.
(Preacher:)
Now Children, are you ready to spread the word?
Everybody sing hey yo!(HEY YO)
Everybody sing woah ohh!(WOAH OHH)
Everybody sing hey! hey! (HEY! HEY!)
Woah! Woah! (WOAH! WOAH!)
Hey! Hey! (HEY! HEY!)
Huh? (HUH?)
Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven
Or they slowly float away...(x2)
(Preacher:)
And the funny thing was, I was like a spiritual baby.
Running around with diapers on,
where the X marks the spot.
I had given my life to Rock and Roll,
and I still wasn't sure.
Was there Rock and Roll?
Is it real?
I was in a really dark place,
I even thught of packing it in,
but I just could not bring myself to do it.
I met an old friend that I had a real connection with,
and he saw my despair.
He asked me if I wanted to play with him.
And as we played, I felt slowly but surely:
Rock and Roll grabbed me by the neck, and I wept.
You are a man of impeccable taste
And you know when the X marks the spot
We all need a map for the trail of your thought
Where to go, where the X marks the spot
You seem to have a misgiving
Hell yeah, you make a living
Don't add bricks to what we're heaving
We would so much rather enjoy beach, beer and a fire
You think something somewhere
Has a copyright for the world
And you've signed where the X marks the spot
You join a c**t, fill the void that you've got
Deep within where the X marks the spot
There you stand, talk and holler
How dark were all your colors
When you paint another sunrise
You leave out the sun
Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven
Or they slowly float away
How well do you know those you're calling your own?
I mean... come on dude! X marks the spot
Your starving soul in your house of skin and bone
You're an island, the X marks the spot
(Preacher:)
Testify children! Testify!
There you stand, talk and holler
How dark were all your colors
When you paint another sunrise
You leave out the sun
Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven
Or they slowly float away...(x2)
(Preacher:)
Rock and Roll allowed me to join this band.
There was a period of time where I hadn't exactly lost my soul,
I just didn't know where I had put it.
And I ended up in some very dark places and some dire circumstances.
Now let me tell you children, I was trying to fill a void in my heart.
To fill that void I denied what I always wanted:
Success, prosperity, the admiration I wanted as a player.
I got to play some big shows and travel the world from end to end.
In the midst of it all I had a yearning in my heart.
A yearning in my heart for Rock and Roll.
I was called to join this band,
and I was surrounded by good folks,
who were servants of the Rock and Roll,
who passed on the love. I'll Testify!
The fear was in me,
I could swear I saw my beating heart through my shirt.
You are a circus, but where is the clown?
There's no map, still the X marks the spot
There you stand, talk and holler
How dark were all your colors
When you paint another sunrise
You leave out the sun
Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven
Or they slowly float away down
Into the night with senior John Barleycorn
Heaven, heaven
Or they float slowly away.
(Preacher:)
Now Children, are you ready to spread the word?
Everybody sing hey yo!(HEY YO)
Everybody sing woah ohh!(WOAH OHH)
Everybody sing hey! hey! (HEY! HEY!)
Woah! Woah! (WOAH! WOAH!)
Hey! Hey! (HEY! HEY!)
Huh? (HUH?)
Birds like you fly straight to heaven, heaven
Or they slowly float away...(x2)
(Preacher:)
And the funny thing was, I was like a spiritual baby.
Running around with diapers on,
where the X marks the spot.
I had given my life to Rock and Roll,
and I still wasn't sure.
Was there Rock and Roll?
Is it real?