Midas Shadow

Album: Year Of The Cat (1976)
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  • Got your ticket and your hotel keys
    And your overnight bag at your feet
    You're looking down on the tropical trees
    While the Spanish maids pick up the sheets

    Conquistador in search of gold
    For all the jackdaw reasons
    The Midas shadow that's so hard to please
    Just follows wherever you go

    Nothing ventured, nothing gained, they said
    You played for the winner takes all
    Tossed the dice high up and craned your head
    To see how the numbers would fall

    You stole the game so easily
    Your luck ran with the seasons
    Still the shadow the night can't free
    Just follows wherever you go

    Another day, another boarding pass
    You wait for your seat on the plane
    The movie runs, but you're still working hard
    You don't touch your food or champagne

    I know that when your well runs dry
    You'll wanna know the reason
    The empty night brings you no reply
    It just follows wherever you go Writer/s: Alistair Ian Stewart
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  • Keith Charlesedwards from Brooklyn, NyI first heard this in 1978. It was a horrible time in my young life. I was surrounded by sickness, death, despair. I watched innocent children under age 10 sick and die that year, as well as my loved ones' murders. I bought this album for its title. Then, I heard "Midas Shadow." Life did not get better, but it was made more bearable. Rest eternal grant unto Mr. George Ford, Mr. Stewart's bass player.
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