A song from Richie Healy's debut album LAST TAXI HOME, released by SwarfBomb Records on December 6, 2013. Photography by George Laetz (2013), All Rights Reserved.
lyrics
Steal down the Rainbow
From the pyramids to the petrol age
Did DaVinci dream of man in space.
Did Nero know that Rome would fall
Search lights crossing on that crumbling wall.
From when one man walked to when he walks again
Troubles travelled in the shadows of men.
Strains of thunder stretched across the globe
Until death comes wandering in scarlet robed.
You steal down the rainbow
you steal down the rainbow
Get you ready for the light show.
From the colosseum to the carnival
From dinosaurs have we come so far.
How we constant struggle with the powers of mind
To a fainter heartbeat now we’re marching time.
From the first man’s love to the last man’s war
Will those light years find that invisible star.
Tears are falling are of cyanide
In lost remembrance from eternity's skies.
And you steal down the rainbow
you steal down the rainbow
Get you ready for the light show.
Get you ready for the light show.
credits
released December 6, 2013
All songs written by Richie Healy
All Rights Reserved
Produced by Stephen Eric Berry
Recording engineer Dave Howard accompanies Mr. Healy on guitar.
Album photography by George Laetz.
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