KING CRIMSON:   The Great Deceiver

Doctor Diamond

I'm the driver of an underground train
This world to me is all the same,
The houses run along inside,
down here below,
Gonna drive my train to hell,
and not a soul will know!

I'm the driver of an underground train.
Many who wear the memory, the legends of my name,
Nobody says a single word,
falling from an open eye,
he looked at me in the face,
and he made a fatal sign.

I am the driver of an underground train.
Lonely nights can't bother me,
far away from wind and rain.
I come upon the station lights,
with a mighty rushing sound.
Through this foray, for the private life, I drive around.

I'm the driver of an underground train.
Climb aboard, just climb aboard.
Your loss is my eternal gain.
Squeeze your precious body in,
before I quickly close the door.
Climb in, let’s all be dark.
Your life is mine, my life is yours!


Words by Richard W. Palmer-James

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