Steely Dan

Caves Of Altamira

I recall when I was smallHow I spent my days aloneThe busy world was not for meSo I went and found my ownI would climb the garden wallWith a candle in my handI�d hide inside a hall of rock and sandOn the stone an ancient handIn a faded yellow-greenMade alive a worldly wonderOften told but never seenNow and ever bound to laborOn the sea and in the skyEvery man and beast appearedA friend as real as iChorus:Before the fall when they wrote it on the wallWhen there wasn�t even any hollywoodThey heard the callAnd they wrote it on the wallFor you and me we understoodCan it be this sad designCould be the very sameA wooly man without a faceAnd a beast without a nameNothin� here but historyCan you see what has been doneMemory rush over meNow I step into the sunChorus

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