And the night comes again to
the circle -studded sky
The stars settle slowly in
loneliness they lie
Till the universe explodes as
a falling star is raised
The planets are paralyzed,
the mountains are amazed
But they all glow brighter from
the brilliance of the blaze
With the speed of insanity, then he died.
In the green fields of turning,
a baby is born.
His cries crease the wind and
mingle with the morn.
An assault upon the order,
the changing of the guard,
Chosen for a challenge
that's hopelessly hard
And the only single sign is
the sighing of the stars
The silence of distance
they're sworn
Images of innocence charge him to go on
But the decadence of history
is looking for a pawn
To a nightmare of knowledge,
he opens up the gate
A blinding revelation is served upon
his plate
That beneath the greatest
love is a hurricane
of hate
And
God helped the critic of the dawn
So he stands on the sea and
shouts to the shore
But the louder that he screams,
the longer he's ignored.
For the wine of oblivion is
drunk to the dregs,
And the merchants of the masses
almost have to be begged
Till the giant is aware someone's
pulling at his leg,
Someone is tapping at the door.
Then his message gathers meaning,
it spreads across the land.
The rewarding of the faint is
the following of the man.
But ig norance is everywhere
and people have their way.
Success is an enemy to
the losers of the day.
In the shadows of the churches,
who knows what they pray.
And blood is the language of the band.
The
Spanish bulls are beaten,
the crowd is soon beguiled.
The matador is beautiful,
a symphony of stars
Excitement is ecstatic,
passion places best
Gracefully he bows to ova
tions that he gets
But the hands that are applauding
are slippery with sweat
Saliva's falling from their smiles
So dance, dance, dance
Teach us to be true
Dance, dance, dance
Cause we love you
Then this overflow of life
Is crushed into a lie
The gentle soul is ripped apart
And tossed into the fire
It's the burial of beauty
It's the victory of night
Truth becomes a tragedy
Limping from the light,
the heavens are horrified
They stagger from the sight,
and the cross is trembling with desire
They say they can't believe it,
it's a sacrilegious shame
Now who would want to hurt
such a hero of the game?
But you know I predicted it,
I knew he had to fall
How did it happen? I hope
his suffering was small.
Tell me every detail,
I've got to know it all.
And do you have a picture of the pain?
Time takes her toll and the memory fades.
But his glory is growing in the
magic that he made.
Reality is ruined,
there is nothing more to fear.
The drama is distorted to
what they want to hear
Swimming in their sorrow
in the twisting of a tear
As they wait for the new thrill parade
The eyes of the rebel have
been branded by the blind
To the safety of sterility the
threat has been refined
The child was created to the
slaughterhouse he's led
So good to be alive when
the eulogies are read
The climax of emotion,
the worship of the dead
As the cycle of sacrifice unwinds
So dance, dance, dance
Teach us to be true
Dance, dance, dance
Because we love you
And the night comes again
To the circle studded sky
The stars settle slowly in loneliness they lie
Till the universe explodes as a falling star is raised the
planets are paralyzed the mountains are amazed
But they all glow brighter for the brilliance of
the blaze with the speed of insanity
Then he dies
Glenn Yarbrough 
